The Assault: A Novel
by Reinaldo Arenas
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- very good
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0140157182
- ISBN 13
- 9780140157185
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Synopsis
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 homosexuality is a crime punishable by death and a cockroach hunt makes for a national holiday. Narrated by a hate-filled government torturer who has become an agent for the "Bureau of Counterwhispering"," The Assault follows his travels through a blackly humorous shadowland as he winnow out whisperers, sexual deviants, and dissidents of every sort--until memory has been banished and spoken language has been nearly forgotten.
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- Bookseller
- Jane Addams Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75051
- Title
- The Assault: A Novel
- Author
- Reinaldo Arenas
- Format/Binding
- Trade Trade
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140157182
- ISBN 13
- 9780140157185
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, London, Et Al
- Date Published
- June 1995
- Pages
- 176
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