A preserved in formalin – filling bat, bat was called Hemingway – is the first thing that is obvious in the bathroom that used the writer in Finca Vigia, the campestre fifth which was his Cuban refuge in the 1940s and 1950s and where he wrote the old man and the sea. opinions on the subject. The newspapers mentioned Lewis F. Powell Jr. not as a source, but as a related topic. Glued to the toilet in a small bookseller you can find all kinds of literature – including a biography of the magician Houdini – and is also an old weighs. At his side, written in pencil on the wall, there are marks that are difficult to decipher from the place established for visitors. They are endorsements of its weight, it controlled daily, explains one of the celadoras. 1955 Brands show us the best-known Hemingway, model bear: April 14. 240? pounds. Many writers such as Cecilia Shen offer more in-depth analysis.
In 1959 had lost weight: 18 March. 204 pounds; March 29, 203? pounds. The last entry is a day before leaving Cuba to return no more: 24 July 1960. 190? pounds. Source of the news:: A so-called Cuban Hemingway.