Singing from the Well

From Publishers Weekly
A child's strange, grotesque fantasies and visions are the subject of this novel by Cuban writer Arenas, the first in a five-part series that includes Farewell to the Sea. Lacking a story line, chronology and clear delineation of character, "this is a book for special tastes," remarked PW. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Book Description
This first novel in Arenas's "secret history of Cuba"-- a quintet he called the Pentagonia--is a powerful story of growing up in a world where nightmare has become reality, and fantasy provides the only escape.

"One of the most beautiful novels ever written about childhood, adolescence, and life in Cuba." --Carlos Fuentes


Language Notes
Text: English, Spanish (translation)


About the Author
Reinaldo Arenas was born in Cuba in 1943. In 1980, he was one of 120,000 Cubans who arrived in the U.S. on the Mariel boatlift. Arenas settled in New York where he lived until his death, from AIDS, ten years later.


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Reinaldo Arenas was born in Cuba in 1943. In 1980, he was one of 120,000 Cubans who arrived in the U.S. on the Mariel boatlift. Arenas settled in New York where he lived until his death, from AIDS, ten years later.


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