false 33833 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg 33833 8 33859 1996 Before Night Falls: A Memoir total:744|5:287|4:301|3:135|2:19|1:2| 744 3084 1091 112 12555 4.08 1262 183 15399549 907910 588850 0140157654 9780140157659 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176065414m/588850.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176065414s/588850.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/588850.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.12 85 1996 5 2 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Feb 14 07:17:32 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 10:15:13 -0800 2008 "...he lived a life whose beginning and end were indeed the same: from the start, one long, sustained sexual act..." says Guillermo Cabrera about Arenas' life. And man oh man, he wasn't kidding. There is so much sex in this book! It makes me think that everyone in Cuba is a sexhound wai...more...]]> 77417605 620183 588850 0140157654 9780140157659 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176065414m/588850.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176065414s/588850.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/588850.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 2 0 false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 05:20:10 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 05:47:48 -0800 2009
I understand and feel for the author with the Cuban repression of his art, and the squalor that he had to live in. I think he was a wonderful writer, and his novels are probably brilliant. His views of the American far Left made me smile, as ...more...]]> 57224540 1609700 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.13 614 1996 3 0 false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 23:48:12 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 10:15:57 -0700 2009
Arenas paints a rather bleak picture of his native land. He describes life under Batista as unbearable and then under Castro as even...more...]]> 65992962 1036893 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 4 2 false Mon Aug 03 08:34:14 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 08:43:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 76151661 2891660 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 15:28:34 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 15:28:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50131443 2123487 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 5 0 false Sun Mar 22 20:24:38 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 20:30:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 36703553 1419729 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 01 15:25:22 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 30 10:52:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 14037231 766524 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 5 0 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Wed Jan 30 07:10:50 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 07:10:50 -0800 2008
Arenas' memoir of life in Cuba has recently been made into one of the finest films extant by Julian Schnabel. Schnabel did an excellent job with the book; while his interpretation of the text was loose in places, he managed to capture in i...more...]]> 8052996 363664 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 5 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 21:27:31 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 21:27:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1128299 81305 588850 0140157654 9780140157659 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176065414m/588850.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176065414s/588850.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/588850.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 4 0 false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed May 09 13:55:07 -0700 2007 Thu May 10 09:15:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3975205 98234 36550 8483105020 9788483105023 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168725481m/36550.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168725481s/36550.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36550.Antes_que_anochezca 4.31 32 Arenas, en efecto, reunía las tres condiciones más idóneas para convertirse en uno de los mucho parias engendrados por el infierno carcelario de la Cuba castrista: ser escritor, homosexual y disidente. Y en esta autobiografia narra su peripecia vital e intelectual, desde los bajos fondos de La Habana, donde malviven los excluidos del sistema, hasta las dificultades del exilio, pues se negó a plegarse a la discreta neutralidad que la izquierda bien pensante esperaba de él.

Esta obra inspiró la película del mismo título, ganadora del Gran Premio del Jurado del Festival de Venecia, dirigida por Julian Schnabel y protagonizada por Javier Bardem, merecedor del Globo de Oro al Mejor Actor Dramático.]]> 1996 5 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 11:06:42 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 11:17:21 -0700 2007
Antes qu...more...]]> 38619349 1575997 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Nov 25 09:17:58 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 09:24:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 25542476 232826 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 4 0 false Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 08:17:56 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 07:28:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 73084934 1839249 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 3 0 false Mon Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Thu Oct 01 06:46:26 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 13:54:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 23974132 1059392 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 4 0 false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 02:17:26 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 19:18:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 72509539 1733683 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 2 0 false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 19:14:59 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 09:56:39 -0700 2009 The most interesting aspect was the political side of the story: how Castro came into power, how he slowly strangled the people and took everything from them until they were too power...more...]]> 48917024 1103275 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 5 0 false Wed May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1996 Wed Mar 11 08:53:20 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 08:55:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 58073273 2373834 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 0 0 false Mon Jun 01 11:10:35 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 11:12:31 -0700 2009 48055758 2089605 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 4 0 false Mon Mar 02 17:50:29 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 17:52:16 -0800 2009 25193408 1166723 33833 1852428082 9781852428082 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700m/33833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465700s/33833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33833.Before_Night_Falls_A_Memoir 4.15 744 1996 4 0 false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 07:30:56 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 11:27:27 -0700 2008
Before doing that, I can say that I found it incredibly interesting and ...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=33833