Description
Rosa is a young woman of striking presence—tall, proud, and fiercely self-possessed—who builds her life with shrewd discipline and an unshakable sense of control. But when her oldest son disappears to join a cause beyond her reach, the stability she has mastered begins to fracture, forcing her to confront abandonment, loss, and the limits of willpower. Told through two closely related stories, the book follows Rosa as she turns to labor and endurance, raising a family and running a farm while the world around her shifts. With Reinaldo Arenas’s vivid, urgent storytelling and emotionally charged realism, “Old Rosa” explores themes of motherhood, resilience, power within the household, and the quiet devastation that can follow when love and loyalty are tested.
Available Editions
paperback
Grove Press
Published Jan 1, 1989
106 pages
ISBN: 9780802110923
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Details
First Published
1984
Language
spa
Translation
From: spa
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Old Rosa by Reinaldo Arenas.