Before night falls
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Koch, Dolores M. 1928-2009, translator.
Manrique, Jaime, 1949- writer of foreword.
Published
[New York] : Penguin Books, 2020.
ISBN
9780143134848, 0143134841
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Published
[New York] : Penguin Books, 2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxvii, 301 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780143134848, 0143134841

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"Originally published in Spain as Antes que anochezca (Autobiografía) by Tusquet Editores, S.A., copyright © 1992 by the Estate of Reinaldo Arenas"--Title page verso.
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"The acclaimed memoir of a homosexual Cuban author chronicling his tumultuous yet luminary life, from his impoverished upbringing in Cuba to his imprisonment at the hands of a Communist regime, now a part of the Penguin Vitae series, with a foreword by Colombian author Jaime Manrique. The astonishing memoir by visionary Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas "is a book above all about being free," said The New York Review of Books--sexually, politically, artistically. Arenas recounts a stunning odyssey from his poverty-stricken childhood in rural Cuba and his adolescence as a rebel fighting for Castro, through his suppression as a writer, imprisonment as a homosexual, his flight from Cuba via the Mariel boat lift, and his subsequent life and the events leading to his death in New York. 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. Recorded in simple, straightforward prose, Before Night Falls is the true story of the Kafkaesque life and world re-created in the author's acclaimed novels"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Arenas, R., Koch, D. M. 1., & Manrique, J. (2020). Before night falls . Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990, Dolores M. 1928-2009, Koch and Jaime Manrique. 2020. Before Night Falls. Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990, Dolores M. 1928-2009, Koch and Jaime Manrique. Before Night Falls Penguin Books, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Arenas, Reinaldo, Dolores M. 1928-2009 Koch, and Jaime Manrique. Before Night Falls Penguin Books, 2020.

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