The Assault

Name: The Assault
Author: Reinaldo Arenas

About the author

Cuban novelist whose memoir Before Night Falls describes his imprisonment by the Castro regime and his eventual exile to New York. His flamboyant, politically courageous fiction stands as a testament to artistic and sexual freedom.

More by Reinaldo Arenas

Before Night FallsMemoir of Cuban writer's life, exile, persecution and eventual death
Singing from the WellSemi-autobiographical novel set in rural Cuba during childhood
The Palace of the White SkunksPicaresque narrative exploring Cuban cultural identity and magical realism
Farewell to the SeaNovel depicting love and loss amid political turmoil in Cuba