Mona and Other Tales

Reinaldo Arenas, Dolores M. Koch

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Vintage Books
15 October 2001

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories

Series: Vintage International

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.

By: Reinaldo Arenas
Translated by: Dolores M. Koch
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 212g
ISBN: 9780375727306
ISBN 10: 0375727302
Series: Vintage International
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 15 October 2001
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , A / AS level , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reinaldo Arenas died in 1990.

Reviews for Mona and Other Tales

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