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Reinaldo Arenas. The author was a Cuban poet and novelist who was vocally anti-Castro. Arenas is born to an unmarried, teenaged mother from a large peasant family in the eastern province of Oriente in 1943. His grandmother and aunts raise him and he encounters his father only once.
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Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Study Guide of “Before Night Falls” by Reinaldo Arenas. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
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Important Quotes. “I have always considered it despicable to grovel for your life as if life were a favor. If you cannot live the way you want, there is no point in living.”. (Introduction, Page 44) This statement encapsulates the attitude that defines Arenas. For him, life is something to be lived according to the fullest expression of a ...
Chapter 50 Summary: “The Flight”. Content Warning: The source text contains descriptions of anti-gay bigotry, attempts at death by suicide, death by suicide, and acts of sexual and political violence. Arenas exploits a lapse in guard to escape from jail. He attempts to flee the country on an inner tube a friend provides, but after a night ...
The Before Night Falls Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you.
