Mona and Other Tales

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.

Author: Reinaldo Arenas
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09/11/2001
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780375727306

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 09/30/2001 pg. 23
Library Journal 10/01/2001 pg. 144
New Yorker (The) 10/22/2001 pg. 77