Reinaldo Arenas ; translated from the Spanish by Andrew Hurley
Format
Books
Language
English
Publication
New York : Viking, 2000
Physical Details
xii, 417 pages ; 25 cm
ISBNs
9780670840656, 0670840653
OCLC
ocm42733793
The Flight of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda -- A Tongue Twister (1) -- "HM, top, seeking same ..." -- In the Monster Men's Room -- A Tongue Twister (2) -- Painting -- The Seven Major Categories of Queenhood -- Fairies on the Beach -- A Prayer -- A Letter -- A Walking Tour Through Old Havana in the Company of Alejo Sholekhov -- Buses or Turtles? -- Oscar Flies by Night -- A Journey to Holguin -- A Journey to the Moon -- A Tongue Twister (3) -- Before Undertaking a Long Journey -- Hell Hath No Fury Like a Fairy Spurned -- A Journey by Train -- The Story -- A Tongue Twister (4) -- Virgilio Pinera Reads His Evanescent Poems -- For Bosch, She Noshes -- Some Unsettling Questions -- A Tongue Twister (5) -- A Tour of Inspection -- Rosa's Little Pink Slippers, the Magic Ring, and the Seven-League Swim Fins -- A Tongue Twister (6) -- Medicinal Immersions -- A Tongue Twister (7) -- The Party Begins -- The Lock Queen -- A Tongue Twister (8) -- Nouveaux Pensees de Pascal, ou Pensees d'Enfer -- The Super-Skewer -- The Three Weird Sisters, Plus One -- The Guest in Distress -- The Death of Lezama -- A Tongue Twister (9) -- St. Nelly -- A Tongue Twister (10) -- The Four Major Categories of Tops -- A Dying Mother -- Crucifuckingfixion -- The Anglo-Campesina -- The Key to the Gulf -- The Electric Venus -- Coco Salas' Secret -- A Tongue Twister (11) -- The Seven Wonders of Cuban Socialism -- In the Library -- A Clarification by the Three Weird Sisters -- A Scream in the Night (Though It Was Bright as Day) -- A Tongue Twister (12) -- Stool Pigeons -- Foreword -- A Tongue Twister (13) -- The Condesa de Merlin -- Impossible Dreams -- At the Exit to El Morro Castle -- Farewell to the Sea -- Jose Lezama Lima's Lecture -- A Tongue Twister (14) -- The Areopagite -- A Tongue Twister (15) -- Forbidden Costumes -- The Areopagite's Story --
A Tongue Twister (16) -- A Fugitive's Toccata and Fugue -- A Journey to the Moon -- A Tongue Twister (17) -- Monkeyshines -- In El Morro Castle -- The Story -- A Tongue Twister (18) -- The Confession of H. Puntilla -- Skunk in a Funk -- A Tongue Twister (19) -- That Earthshaking Coupling -- A Tongue Twister (20) -- A Letter -- The Death of Virgilio Pinera -- A Tongue Twister (21) -- The Trials and Tribulations of Young Teodoro Tampon -- A Tongue Twister (22) -- A Portrait of Luisa Perez de Zambrana -- A Tongue Twister (23) -- Clara's Hole -- A Tongue Twister (24) -- The Grand Oneirical Theological Political Philosophical Satirical Conference -- A Prayer -- A Tongue Twister (25) -- The Garden of Computers -- A Tongue Twister (26) -- Ass-Wiggling and Backside-Swinging -- A Tongue Twister (27) -- The Dual Nature of the [Genius, Tyrant] -- In the Monster Men's Room -- A Tongue Twister (28) -- The Lady of the Veil -- Ass-Wiggling -- A Tongue Twister (29) -- The Elevation of the Holy Hammer -- The Burial of Virgilio Pinera -- The Departure -- A Tongue Twister (The Last One) -- Clara in Flames -- Pandemonium -- Message in a Bottle -- The Story