Author: ARENAS, REINALDO
Title: The Palace of the White Skunks
Description: New York: Viking Adult, 1991. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670815101. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some light generalized toning to the top spine end. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has fading to the spine. "Despite his short life and the hardships imposed during his imprisonment, Arenas produced a significant body of work. In addition to significant poetic efforts ("El Central", "Leprosorio") , his Pentagonia is a set of five novels that comprise a "secret history" of post-revolutionary Cuba. It includes Singing from the Well (in Spanish also titled "Celestino before Dawn") , Farewell to the Sea (whose literal translation is "The Sea Once More") , Palace of the White Skunks, the Rabelaisian Color of Summer, and The Assault. In these novels Arenas’ style ranges from a stark realist narrative and high modernist experimental prose to absurd, satiric humor. His second novel, Hallucinations ("El Mundo Alucinante") , rewrites the story of the colonial dissident priest Fray Servando Teresa de Mier. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
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Title: The Palace of the White Skunks
Description: New York: Viking Adult, 1991. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670815101. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some light generalized toning to the top spine end. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has fading to the spine. "Despite his short life and the hardships imposed during his imprisonment, Arenas produced a significant body of work. In addition to significant poetic efforts ("El Central", "Leprosorio") , his Pentagonia is a set of five novels that comprise a "secret history" of post-revolutionary Cuba. It includes Singing from the Well (in Spanish also titled "Celestino before Dawn") , Farewell to the Sea (whose literal translation is "The Sea Once More") , Palace of the White Skunks, the Rabelaisian Color of Summer, and The Assault. In these novels Arenas’ style ranges from a stark realist narrative and high modernist experimental prose to absurd, satiric humor. His second novel, Hallucinations ("El Mundo Alucinante") , rewrites the story of the colonial dissident priest Fray Servando Teresa de Mier. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 0670815101 Modern Fiction First Editions Reinaldo Arenas Latin America Homosexual Behavior Cuba
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 42749
- Book number: 42749
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