← Reinaldo ArenasThe Palace of the White Skunksby Reinaldo ArenasPicaresque narrative exploring Cuban cultural identity and magical realismFind on Amazon↗About the authorReinaldo ArenasCuban 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 ArenasBefore Night FallsMemoir of Cuban writer's life, exile, persecution and eventual death→Singing from the WellSemi-autobiographical novel set in rural Cuba during childhood→Farewell to the SeaNovel depicting love and loss amid political turmoil in Cuba→The Assault→