Karel doorman, dutch rear admiral who died in 1942 during the battle of the java sea. The doorman, by reinaldo arenas, is a marvelous novel by one of cubas literary greats. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. The book has been translated into english by dolores m. Oddly alienated from the tenants, he is seduced by their pets, who are determined to revolt against humans and human society.
The doorman by reinaldo arenas, 1994, grove press edition, in english 1st american ed. Augustus and alice le plongeon in nineteenth century yucatan lawrence gustave desmond and phyllis mauch messenger albuquerque. The peasant revolts reinaldo arenas was thrown in jail by castro and later killed himself in new york. The grass by the window was tall enough for their horses, and my shoes, a little bashful because they had holes in their tips, were there, waiting, openmouthed and a bit damp with evening dew. Books by reinaldo arenas author of before night falls. From publishers weekly in this powerful memoir of passions both personal and political, cuban author arenas hallucinations describes his voyage from peasant poverty to his oppression as a dissident writer and homosexual.
In the doorman arenas tells the story of juan, a cuban refugee who takes a job as a doorman in a new york city apartment building. Download becoming reinaldo arenas ebook free in pdf and epub format. Reinaldo arenas has been widely praised for his prodigious, explosive talent. Discover librarianselected research resources on reinaldo arenas from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. Young juan, a refugee from cuba, is the doorman of a manhattan apartment househome to a disappointed and eclectic group of men and women, and to their even more unhappy pets. Ss doorman, a second world war dutch merchant ship. Download book becoming reinaldo arenas in pdf format. A terrifying and beautiful novel, old rosa is composed of two stories that converge on a single charged point in the lives of a cuban mother and son. Reinaldo arenas, a novelist who spent several years in prison in cuba under fidel castro, committed suicide on friday in his apartment in manhattan, the police said. Arenas s 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.
His protagonist, juan, is a cuban emigre who works as a doorman at a manhattan apartment. First, director julian schnabel maintains a physicallydraining tension throughout much of the film. The only child of a mother whose lover deserted her, arenas was raised in his peasant grandparents home. In 1961 he moved to havana, where he studied philosophy and literature at the university of havana and fought with castros rebels before gradually. Recorded in simple, straightforward prose, this is the true story of the kafkaesque life and world recreated in the authors acclaimed novels.
By the time of his death in new york four decades later, he had become one of cubas most important poets, an outspoken critic of castros regime and one of the leading gay voices of the twentieth century. Cubans, apartment houses, political refugees, fiction. The silent world of reinaldo arenass novels article pdf available in ars aeterna 102. Mary murphy, memorial university of newfoundland, canada there are two remarkable things about before night falls, based on reinaldo arenass homonymous memoir, and one remarkable reason for them. Read becoming reinaldo arenas online, read in mobile or kindle. Reinaldo arenass most popular book is before night falls. Arenas recounts a stunning odyssey from his povertystricken childhood in rural cuba and his adolescence as a rebel fighting for castro, through his supression as a writer, imprisonment as a homosexual, his flight from. Before night falls by reinaldo arenas, paperback barnes. The doorman, his first work set in the united states, breaks new ground with the extraordinary and tragic story of juan, a young cuban refugee who becomes a doorman at a luxury apartment building in manhattan. Reinaldo arenas uses the written word to criticize all forms of authoritarianism, especially that which impedes independent thought and action.
Reinaldo arenas is the most highly acclaimed writer of cubas postrevolutionary generation. I have seen the real doorman at least as portrayed by a handsome actor in the film before night falls, the story of reinaldo arenas. The doorman reinaldo arenas translated by dolores koch new york. Mona and other tales by reinaldo arenas houston chronicle. Now an oscarnominated film celebrates the life of this controversial cuban writer.
In old rosa, we meet rosa as a young woman, tall, proud, shrewd, always in control. Reinaldo arenas ahraynahs was one of the most talented cuban writers of his generation, the first generation educated totally within the revolution of 1959. Reinaldo arenas has 48 books on goodreads with 19814 ratings. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Reinaldo arenas was born to a povertystricken family in rural cuba. 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. You can read online becoming reinaldo arenas here in pdf, epub, mobi or docx formats. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Pdf becoming reinaldo arenas download ebook for free. Do you know what it means to be always at the mercy of other peoples madness just because they are driving ahead of you or behind you. Before night falls by reinaldo arenas overdrive rakuten. Oct 04, 20 reinaldo arenas was a cuban poet, novelist and essayist whose work focused on political and social injustices. Reinaldo arenas was a cuban poet, novelist and essayist whose work focused on political and social injustices. Arenas was born in the countryside of newport beach aguas claras.
I was drawn into reinaldo arenas after reading his biography and discovering his relationship with the cuban government. Jun 02, 2001 the peasant revolts reinaldo arenas was thrown in jail by castro and later killed himself in new york. 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. List of books and articles about reinaldo arenas online. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Arenas recounts a stunning odyssey from his povertystricken childhood in rural cuba and his adolescence as a rebel fighting for castro, through his supression as a writer. Reinaldo arenas before night falls pdf before night falls kindle edition by reinaldo arenas, dolores m. Download pdf becomingreinaldoarenas free online new. In what the miami herald calls his deathbed ode to eroticism, arenas breaks through the code of secrecy and silence that protects the privileged in a state where homosexuality is a political crime. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. 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.
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