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Mona and Other Tales

By Reinaldo Arenas
Translated by Dolores M. Koch

By Reinaldo Arenas
Translated by Dolores M. Koch

By Reinaldo Arenas
Translated by Dolores M. Koch

By Reinaldo Arenas
Translated by Dolores M. Koch

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Category: Fiction

Category: Fiction

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Sep 11, 2001 | 208 Pages

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    About Mona and Other Tales

    Mona and Other Tales covers Reinaldo Arenas’s entire career: his recently rediscovered debut (which got him a job at the Biblioteca Nacional in Havana), stories written in a political prison, and some of his last works, written in exile. Many of the stories have not previously appeared in English.

    Here is the tender story of a boy who recognizes evil for the first time and decides to ignore it; the tale of a writer struggling between the demands of creativity and of fame; common people dealing with changes brought about by revolution and exile; a romp with a famous, dangerous woman in the Metropolitan Museum; an outrageous fantasy that picks up where Garcia Lorca’s famous play The House of Bernardo Alba ends. Told with Arenas’s famous wit and humanity, Mona makes a perfect introduction to this important writer.

    Translated from the Spanish by Dolores Koch.

    About Mona and Other Tales

    Mona and Other Tales covers Reinaldo Arenas’s entire career: his recently rediscovered debut (which got him a job at the Biblioteca Nacional in Havana), stories written in a political prison, and some of his last works, written in exile. Many of the stories have not previously appeared in English.

    Here is the tender story of a boy who recognizes evil for the first time and decides to ignore it; the tale of a writer struggling between the demands of creativity and of fame; common people dealing with changes brought about by revolution and exile; a romp with a famous, dangerous woman in the Metropolitan Museum; an outrageous fantasy that picks up where Garcia Lorca’s famous play The House of Bernardo Alba ends. Told with Arenas’s famous wit and humanity, Mona makes a perfect introduction to this important writer.

    Translated from the Spanish by Dolores Koch.

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    About Reinaldo Arenas

    Reinaldo Arenas was born in Cuba in 1943. In 1980, he was one of 120,000 Cubans who arrived in the United States on the Mariel boatlift. Arenas settled in New York where he lived until his death from AIDS ten… More about Reinaldo Arenas

    About Reinaldo Arenas

    Reinaldo Arenas was born in Cuba in 1943. In 1980, he was one of 120,000 Cubans who arrived in the United States on the Mariel boatlift. Arenas settled in New York where he lived until his death from AIDS ten… More about Reinaldo Arenas

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 11, 2001 | 208 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375727306

    Category: Fiction

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 18, 2007 | 208 Pages | ISBN 9780307426925

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    Praise

    "A remarkable writer as much for his talent as for his intellectual dignity. I am his reader and his admirer."
    –Octavio Paz

    "One of the few truly great writers to come out of Latin America in this century."
    —Chicago Tribune

    "Reading Arenas is like witnessing a bare consciousness in the process of assimilating the most universal, but powerful, human experiences and turning them into literature."
    —The New York Times Book Review

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