Manuel C. Diaz was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1942. He was imprisoned in 1966 for attempting to leave the country in a boat. Pardoned in 1979, he now lives in Miami with his family. He has published several novels: El ano del ras de mar, Un paraiso bajos las estrellas -transmitted to Cuba by Radio Marti-, Subasta de suenos and La virgen del malecon. or the past twenty years, he writes literature and travel chronicles for El Nuevo Herald. De Cadiz a Normandia is a compilation of some of the travel chronicles (corresponding to Spain, Italy and France) he wrote for El Nuevo Herald from 1995 until...