Cuban writer viciously oppressed in his native cuba for both his literary attacks on fidel castros revolution and his open homosexuality, reinaldo arenas became a literary star by smuggling his books overseas. Reinaldo arenas, cubanborn writer of extraordinary and unconventional novels who fled persecution and immigrated to the united states. Reinaldo arenas july 16, 1943 december 7, 1990 was a cuban poet, novelist, and playwright known as an early sympathizer, and later critic of fidel castro and the cuban revolution, and a rebel of the cuban government. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Surreal, picaresque, historical, satirical, and hilarious, hallucinations comprehensively represents the best of latin american literature at this time. Cuban writer reinaldo arenas reading from his prose library. Arenas was born in the countryside of newport beach aguas claras. In the brilliant tradition of don quixote and candide, hallucinations is a modern masterpiece of latin american fiction. Reinaldo arenas books list of books by author reinaldo arenas. He moved to havana in 1961 and became a researcher in the jose marti. Reinaldo arenas july 16, 1943 december 7, 1990 was a cuban poet, novelist, and playwright known as an early sympathizer, and later critic of fidel castro and the. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
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