Farewell to the Sea

<b>...a passionate indictment of tyranny. -- <i><b>The New Yorker</b></i> <p/>Twice confiscated by Cuban authorities and rewritten from memory this is Arenas' most celebrated novel </b> <p/>In this brilliant apocalyptic vision of Castro's Cuba we meet a young couple who leave the dreariness of Havana and spend six days at a small seaside retreat where they hope to recapture the desire and carefree spirit that once united them. In a stunning juxtaposition of narrative voices the wife recounts the grim reality of her marriage the demands of motherhood and her loss of freedom innocence and hope; while her husband a disillusioned poet and disenchanted revolutionary recalls his political struggles and laments the artistic and homosexual freedom that has been denied him. Rich in hallucination myth and fantasy <b>Farewell to the Sea</b> is a fierce and unforgettable work that speaks for the entire human condition.