Description
A luminous, unsparing autobiography, this memoir traces Reinaldo Arenas’s life from childhood in a small Cuban town through the awakening of his sexuality and the fierce decision to live openly as a gay man. Across a backdrop of political repression and cultural constraint, he moves from private discovery to public defiance, illuminating the Cuban dissident movement and the costs of dissent. Written with Arenas’s distinctive urgency and lyrical candor, the book blends personal memory with the larger story of a nation under pressure. At its heart, it explores freedom and identity, the power of art to resist, and the resilience required to keep writing when night seems inevitable.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 2020
336 pages
ISBN: 9780143134848
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Details
First Published
2001
Language
eng
Translation
From: spa
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas.