{"product_id":"farewell-to-the-sea-a-novel-of-cuba-paperback","title":"Farewell to the Sea: A Novel of Cuba - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eReinaldo Arenas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Hurley\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eThomas Colchie\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"...a passionate indictment of tyranny.\" -- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwice confiscated by Cuban authorities and rewritten from memory, this is Arenas' most celebrated novel  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this brilliant, apocalyptic vision of Castro's Cuba, we meet a young couple who leave the dreariness of Havana and spend six days at a small seaside retreat, where they hope to recapture the desire and carefree spirit that once united them. In a stunning juxtaposition of narrative voices, the wife recounts the grim reality of her marriage, the demands of motherhood, and her loss of freedom, innocence, and hope; while her husband, a disillusioned poet and disenchanted revolutionary, recalls his political struggles and laments the artistic and homosexual freedom that has been denied him. Rich in hallucination, myth and fantasy, \u003cb\u003eFarewell to the Sea\u003c\/b\u003e is a fierce and unforgettable work that speaks for the entire human condition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReinaldo Arenas \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Cuba in 1943. In the 1970s, he was imprisoned multiple times for being gay, which clashed with the beliefs of the Communist regime. Despite the hardships imposed during his imprisonment, Arenas produced a significant body of work, including his \u003ci\u003ePentagonia\u003c\/i\u003e, a set of five novels written between the 1960s and 1980s that comprise a \"secret history\" of post-revolutionary Cuba: \u003ci\u003eSinging from the Well\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFarewell to the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePalace of the White Skunks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eColor of Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Assault\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1980, he was one of 120,000 Cubans who arrived in the United States on the Mariel boatlift. Arenas, ill with AIDS, committed suicide in 1990 shortly after completing \u003ci\u003eBefore Night Falls. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Colchie \u003c\/b\u003eis an acclaimed translator, editor, and literary agent for international authors. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eA Hammock Beneath the Mangoes. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has written for the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. His translations include Manuel Puig's \u003ci\u003eKiss of the Spider Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and (with Elizabeth Bishop, Gregory Rabassa, and Mark Strand) Carlos Drummond de Andrade's \u003ci\u003eTravelling in the Family.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 7.78 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 07, 1987\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765597110560,"sku":"9780140066364","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bc80184510a428436f7e35ccec897fe8.webp?v=1780274467","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/farewell-to-the-sea-a-novel-of-cuba-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}