1.0OnCubaNews Englishhttps://oncubanews.com/enTeresa Valenzuelahttps://oncubanews.com/en/author/teresa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sWH24ebENj"><a href="https://oncubanews.com/en/culture/birth-unmentionable-party-here/">Birth is an unmentionable party here</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://oncubanews.com/en/culture/birth-unmentionable-party-here/embed/#?secret=sWH24ebENj" width="600" height="338" title="“Birth is an unmentionable party here” — OnCubaNews English" data-secret="sWH24ebENj" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://oncubanews.com/en/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://oncubanews.com/en/wp-content/uploads/old/Israel-Díaz-Mantilla,-Junto-al-retrato-de-Lezama-Lima_0.jpg8001067José Lezama Lima preferred to write in green ink whenever he had it, he used to do it in his studio-bedroom till late 1960s, in a chair, above which he placed a wooden board; in that room on the walls there three portraits by Mariano Rodriguez, his painter and friend, since the mid-30s. In the seventies he moved to the living room, and writes in front of the window since the previous room was very warm, in summer it was almost unbearable, also had more light. He used an old Westinghouse fan that he mentioned in Paradiso, his best novel.