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Books by reinaldo arenas author of before night falls. Arenass first work set in the united states breaks new ground with the story of a young cuban refugee who becomes a doorman at a luxury apartment building. Reinaldo arenas committed suicide by taking an overdose of drugs and alcohol in new york on 7th december 7, 1990. A prolific writer who overcame enormous persecution and censorship, arenas wrote novels, short stories, poetry, theater pieces, and essays. Reinaldo arenass most popular book is before night falls.
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Rubin r einaldo arenas book, the doorman, bears some resemblance to the popular ray bradbury work the martian chronicles. The doorman by reinaldo arenas, 1994, grove press edition, in english 1st american ed. Originally written for quentin longs anthro magazine. His extraordinary novels, flush with magical realism and sensual detail, won several prestigious awards abroad.
As a teenager arenas joined the revolution that brought fidel castro to power in 1959. This was a dramatic ending to a dramatic life, the final flight of someone who was always escaping first from abandonment and neglect as a child, later from stark poverty and finally from sexual and political persecution. Reinaldo arenas has 48 books on goodreads with 19814 ratings. Oddly alienated from the tenants, he is seduced by their pets, who are determined to. The doorman by reinaldo arenas book cover, description, publication history. The doorman, a 2005 film starring dominique vandenberg. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. In 1980, he was one of 120,000 cubans who arrived in the united states on the mariel boatlift. 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. Oddly alienated from the tenants, he is seduced by their pets, who are determined to revolt against humans and human society. Cuban writer reinaldo arenas 19431990 is considered to be one of latin americas most innovative and provocative latetwentiethcentury literary voices. Reinaldo arenas was a young cuban novelist known for both novels of magical. It was during the watching of this movie that i remembered i had in my library, unread, arenas last book and the only one set in the unted states.