num_pages: 398
description: Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas describes his poverty-stricken childhood in rural, his adolescence as a rebel fighting for Fidel Castro, and his life in revolutionary Cuba as a homosexual. Very quickly the Castro government suppressed his writing and persecuted him for his homosexuality until he was finally imprisoned.
language: English
title: Before Night Falls
titlecomplete: Before Night Falls
genres: Spanish Literature, Biography, LGBT, Queer, Gay, Autobiography, Nonfiction, History, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 6215
places: Cuba, New York (State), New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Biography/Autobiography
publisher: Serpents Tail