Francine Prose Reads from "The Color of Summer" by Reinaldo Arenas at "Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State," Miami Book Fair, November 15, 2008
Arenas is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century: creative, prolific, insightful & experimental. In the last ten years of his life, he produced more than most writers create in their entire lives: novels, poems, essays, experimental theater pieces & even an autobiography. His last novel, "The Color of Summer" is a masterpiece literally written on his death bed. It's composed of hilarious vignettes that are at times poignant & even includes a 50 page poem in rhymed couplets.
Arenas is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century: creative, prolific, insightful & experimental. In the last ten years of his life, he produced more than most writers create in their entire lives: novels, poems, essays, experimental theater pieces & even an autobiography. His last novel, "The Color of Summer" is a masterpiece literally written on his death bed. It's composed of hilarious vignettes that are at times poignant & even includes a 50 page poem in rhymed couplets.
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