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Reinaldo Arenas was born in Holguín, Oriente, Cuba in 1943. On December 7, 1990, he ended

his life and in a letter he left behind, he held Fidel Castro responsible for this final decision. He is

considered one of the best Cuban writers of the twentieth century. VIAJE A LA HABANA

recounts three trips to a strange and terrible city. The reader will have to decipher a series of

signs, circumstances and symbols that unite, through tragedy and mockery to those characters.

Reinaldo Arenas nació en Holguín, Oriente, Cuba en 1943. El 7 de diciembre de 1990

puso fin a su vida, responsabilizando a Fidel Castro de su decisión, en carta testamento que

escribió. Es considerado uno de los mejores escritores cubanos del siglo XX. VIAJE A LA

HABANA relata tres viajes a una extraña y terrible ciudad. El lector tendrá que descifrar una serie

de señales, circunstancias y símbolos que unen, a través de la tragedia y la burla a esos

personajes.

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The novel The Ill-fated Peregrinations of Fray Servando recreates in a poetic style, in which time, space, and character move on multiple planes of fantasy and reality, the life of Fray Servando Teresa de Mier, a Mexican priest famous for his hatred of the Spaniards. Mier denied even that the Spaniards had brought Christianity to the New World. Arenas begins with a letter to the friar: "Ever since I discovered you in an execrable history of Spanish literature, described as the friar who had traveled over the whole of Europe on foot having improbable adventures; I have tried to find out more about you." In a meditation on the nature of fiction, Arenas discovers that he and Servando are the same person, and author and character become one.

(Bowker Author Biography)