leonardo: this is a typical street of this neighborhood. houses of wood, houses of concrete. the street is not in good condition. here was the bus station. it s not a bus station anymore. now it s a building. it s a monument of the past. anthony: mantilla is a suburb of havana, home to one of cuba s most celebrated writers. leonardo: [ speaking spanish ] anthony: author of the internationally successful mario conde detective series, padura has been able to portray the
street of this neighborhood. houses of wood, houses of concrete. the street is not in good condition. here was the bus station. it s not a bus station anymore. now it s a building. it s a monument of the past. anthony: mantilla is a suburb of havana, home to one of cuba s most celebrated writers. leonardo: [ speaking spanish ] anthony: author of the internationally successful mario conde detective series, padura has been able to portray the daily struggles, the absurdities of life in cuba. it s a delicate dance, and few have been able to replicate it. your hero in the books, does he
leonardo: this is a typical street of this neighborhood. houses of wood, houses of concrete. the street is not in good condition. here was the bus station. it s not a bus station anymore. now it s a building. it s a monument of the past. anthony: mantilla is a suburb of havana, home to one of cuba s most celebrated writers. leonardo: [ speaking spanish ] anthony: author of the internationally successful mario conde detective series, padura has been able to portray the daily struggles, the absurdities of life in cuba. it s a delicate dance, and few have been able to replicate it. your hero in the books, does he
internationally successful mario conde detective series, padura has been able to portray the daily struggles, the absurdities of life in cuba. it s a delicate dance, and few have been able to replicate it. your hero in the books, does he live in this neighborhood? or another neighborhood? leonardo: more or less. more or less. anthony: happy place to grow up, this neighborhood? leonardo: yeah, yeah. i was totally free. anthony: i notice a lot of people just hanging out. who lives here? leonardo: all kinds of people. doctors, for example. engineers. workers. man: [ speaking spanish ] leonardo: and people who makes nothing, like that guy. anthony: right. leonardo: he don t make nothing. anthony: how does he live? leonardo: trying to find something to do or something to
leonardo: this is a typical street of this neighborhood. houses of wood, houses of concrete. the street is not in good condition. here was the bus station. it s not a bus station anymore. now it s a building. it s a monument of the past. anthony: mantilla is a suburb of havana, home to one of cuba s most celebrated writers. leonardo: [ speaking spanish ] anthony: author of the internationally successful mario conde detective series, padura has been able to portray the daily struggles, the absurdities of life in cuba. it s a delicate dance, and few have been able to replicate it. your hero in the books, does he live in this neighborhood? or another neighborhood?