Before Night Falls: A Memoir, (Paperback)

from wandering_star

I only managed to read a few pages of this book. The problem for me here was that it seemed to gallop at speed but without much detail or thoughtfulness through the events of his life - this happened, then that happened. I find this approach frustrating because it doesn't give your brain very muc...

from wandering_star

I only managed to read a few pages of this book. The problem for me here was that it seemed to gallop at speed but without much detail or thoughtfulness through the events of his life - this happened, then that happened. I find this approach frustrating because it doesn't give your brain very muc...

from theageofsilt

Reinaldo Arenas wants nothing more than to enjoy the splendid men of Cuba, write and read the works of his fellow authors. Unfortunately, he becomes a man during the rise of Castro and falls victim to persecution as a homosexual and writer. This is Arenas' autobiography of his harrowing imprisonm...

from schmechi

"Bevor es Nacht wird" ist die posthum erschienene Autobiographie, die der bereits von seiner Aidskrankheit gezeichnete, homosexuelle, kubanische Autor Reinaldo Arenas in den letzten Monaten vor seinem Selbstmord im US-amerikanischen Exil fertigstellte. Die Autobiographie ist eine offene Zurschaus...

from over.the.edge

Before Night Falls By Reinaldo Arenas 1992 Penguin Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban gay novelist, completed this memoir shortly before his suicide in 1990, just 3 years after being diagnosed with AIDS. Growing up in extreme poverty and an only child, he was eventually given a scholarship for Agricultural A...