“A gripping account of life behind Fidel's vaunted revolution; how artists and intellectuals and unwanted minorities bore the brunt of oppression. Written in a manner appealing the the writer and reader in me.
Arenas was once a friend of Fidel Castro's, but the potent combination of his open and unashamed attraction to other men, as well as his courageous efforts to expose hypocrisies and injustices behind the well crafted sugar cane curtain that the Cuban Revolution became, gives ample evidence that, for those now in power, friendships are all too often regarded as expendable.
He eventually flees using forged documents during the Mariel boat days; moved to the USA and New York, where he sadly finds that the Americans method of oppressing creative insightful souls may be less harsh on the surface, but cane be every bit as destructive as the Castro regime's foul treatments. ”
Will B wrote this review Tuesday, April 1 2008.
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