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Arenas Reinaldo
Before Night Falls: A Memoir
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The shocking memoir by visionary Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas "is a book above all about being free," said The New York Review of Books--sexually, politically, artistically. Arenas recounts a stunning odyssey from his poverty-stricken childhood in rural Cuba and his adolescence as a rebel fighting for Castro, through his supression as a writer, imprisonment as a homosexual, his flight from Cuba via the Mariel boat lift, and his subsequent life and the events leading to his death in New York. In what The Miami Herald calls his "deathbed ode to eroticism," Arenas breaks through the code of secrecy and silence that protects the privileged in a state where homosexuality is a political crime. Recorded in simple, straightforward prose, this is the true story of the Kafkaesque life and world re-created in the author's acclaimed novels.
Mona and Other Tales
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Mona and Other Tales covers Reinaldo Arenas's entire career: his recently rediscovered debut (which got him a job at the Biblioteca Nacional in Havana), stories written in a political prison, and some of his last works, written in exile. Many of the stories have not previously appeared in English. Here is the tender story of a boy who recognizes evil for the first time and decides to ignore it; the tale of a writer struggling between the demands of creativity and of fame; common people dealing with changes brought about by revolution and exile; a romp with a famous, dangerous woman in the Metropolitan Museum; an outrageous fantasy that picks up where Garcia Lorca's famous play The House of Bernardo Alba ends. Told with Arenas's famous wit and humanity, Mona makes a perfect introduction to this important writer. Translated from the Spanish by Dolores Koch.
El mundo alucinante (Letras Hispanicas) (Spanish Edition) (Letras Hispanicas/ Hispanic Writings)
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El mundo alucinante del escritor cubano Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) es una de las novelas hispanoamericanas mas conocidas y formalmente mas audaces del llamado boom de la decada de los sesenta. Esta novela lanzo a Arenas al ruedo internacional, aunque, paradojicamente, fue la que durante años le ocasiono persecución y prision en su propio pais. A medio camino entre la biografia imaginaria y la novela picaresca, y debido a su experimentacion formal, posicion historica e ideologica, El mundo alucinante es un claro ejemplo de novela posmoderna. Esta version libre, burlesca y parodica de las Memorias de Fray Servando Teresa de Mier y Noriega, fraile dominico y procer de la independencia, un clasico de las letras, la cultura y la politica hispanoamericanas, es una critica de toda ideologia represiva.
Antes que anochezca (Spanish Edition)
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Poco antes de su muerte, de la que ahora se cumplen veinte anos, Reinaldo Arenas termino este desgarrador relato autobiografico. Escritor, homosexual y disidente tres condiciones que lo convirtieron en uno de los muchos parias engendrados por el infierno carcelario de la Cuba castrista, Arenas narra su peripecia vital e intelectual, desde los bajos fondos de La Habana y la persecucion que sufrio, hasta su exilio en Nueva York, donde, enfermo de sida y negandose a plegarse a presiones de toda indole, decidio poner fin a sus dias. / This shocking personal and political memoir from one of the most visionary writers to emerge from Castro's Cuba recounts Arenas' stunning odyssey--from his poverty-stricken childhood through his suppression as a writer and imprisonment as a homosexual to his flight to America and subsequent life and death in New York. A New York Times Best Book of 1993.
Farewell to the Sea: A Novel of Cuba (Pentagonia)
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In this brilliant, apocalyptic vision of Castro's Cuba, we meet a young couple who leave the dreariness of Havana and spend six days at a small seaside retreat, where they hope to recapture the desire and carefree spirit that once united them. In a stunning juxtaposition of narrative voices, the wife recounts the grim reality of her marriage, the demands of motherhood, and her loss of freedom, innocence, and hope; while her husband, a disillusioned poet and disenchanted revolutionary, recalls his political struggles and laments the artistic and homosexual freedom that has been denied him. Rich in hallucination, myth and fantasy, Farewell to the Sea is a fierce and unforgettable work that speaks for the entire human condition.
Old Rosa
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A terrifying and beautiful novel, Old Rosa is composed of two stories that converge on a single charged point in the lives of a Cuban mother and son. In the first, the mother finds her son in bed with another boy; in the second, the son is imprisoned in one of Castro’s camps for homosexuals.
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Three artists offer last talk in 'Mixed Greens' series at Parrish ... - 27east.com
27east.com, NY - May 26, 2009
Three artists offer last talk in 'Mixed Greens' series at Parrish “Before Night Falls,” Julian Schnabel's second directorial effort, chronicles the life of Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas. In an Oscar-nominated performance, Javier Bardem portrays Arenas's journey from poverty to college to the sexual revolution and
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The Parrish Art Museum's Spring Film Series Concludes - Hamptons.com
Hamptons.com, NY - May 22, 2009
Hamptons.comThe Parrish Art Museum's Spring Film Series ConcludesSouthampton - The final film on May 29, at 7 pm is Julian Schnabel's second directorial effort, "Before Night Falls" which chronicles the life of Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas. In an Oscar-nominated performance, Javier Bardem portrays Arenas's journey
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Try out more from Reinaldo Arenas - Metro
Metro, UK - May 14, 2009
MetroTry out more from Reinaldo ArenasBy SIOBHAN MURPHY - Thursday, May 14, 2009 Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas's 'pentagonia', a series of five novels, or 'agonies', was intended to reveal 'the secret history of Cuba' and begins with Singing From The Well – an urgent flurry of
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Falling foul of the censors - Metro
Metro, UK - May 21, 2009
Falling foul of the censorsBy SIOBHAN MURPHY - Thursday, May 21, 2009 Reinaldo Arenas's experience of persecution was by no means unique: writers are oppressed and harassed with depressing frequency. The most infamous case of fiction causing friction must be Salman Rushdie's The
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Before Night Falls champions a nonconformist - Metro
Metro, UK - May 07, 2009
MetroBefore Night Falls champions a nonconformistReinaldo Arenas was a gay man caught up in the Cuban Revolution of 1959. His memoir, written while he was battling Aids, was made into a film by Julian Schnabel, starring Javier Bardem. Arenas's powerful account of his life is not for the
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