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Book Review By Daniel Luera-Sierra
Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas

A Cuban writer, Reinaldo Arenas, writes about his life under the persecution from Fidel Castro's dictatorship in 'Before Night Falls.' Arenas describes how he made the most out of life in a repressive state and how his contemporaries lived in a marginal society with the aid of dreams and magical realism. Reinaldo Arenas lived out his life exiled in the United States.   


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Political/social activism Yes
Plotlet:
Conflict:

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality
Unusual characteristics:

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 9 ()
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - The Caribbean
Island? Yes
Island: - Caribbean Islands
Misc setting

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - orgies - actual description of hetero sex - Weiner talk! - two guys doing it
Lot of foul language? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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