Title: Misadventure in Paradise - Cuban Melody - Bernard Matussière, Erik Orsenna - book
Summary :
Accompanied by photographer Bernard Matussière, Erik Orsenna travels to Cuba in search of his ancestors...
"Her name was Villademoros, a papermaker. His name was Augustino, a merchant. My great-grandparents. They lived in Havana, where they were born.
One hundred and twenty years later, Cuba is breathtaking because the people and places are so beautiful, and heartbreaking because the failure is so glaring. A great Fidel passed through here. He wanted to build paradise on earth... You can build schools, hospitals. You can't force happiness on a people. Especially when they possess it within themselves. You guessed it: along with the family tree, we visited the ruins of the dream.
Erik Orsenna
Photographs by Bernard Matussière
