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Guillermo Cabrera Infante

"My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor."

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"My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor."

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"Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled writer."
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