Pentagonia — by Reinaldo Arenas

• 1967
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His mother talks piously of the heaven that awaits the good, and disciplines him with an ox prod. His grandmother burns his precious crosses for kindling. His cousins meet to plot their grandfather's death. Yet in the hills surrounding his home, anot...

• Jan-1991
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The second novel in the Pentagonia, this is a phantasmagoric novel of adolescent rebellion and political revolution.

"A beautiful, heartfelt book by a passionate and epic writer at the height of his powers." --Oscar Hijuelos...

• Dec-1985
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In 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 s...

• Jul-2000
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• Jul-1994
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In this, the final volume in the series of five novels that constitute his "secret history of Cuba", Reinaldo Arenas paints a harrowing, and at times boldly entertaining, Kafka-esque picture of a dehumanized people living in a world where homosexuali...