cover image Singing from the Well

Singing from the Well

Reinaldo Arenas. Penguin Books, $16 (240pp) ISBN 978-0-14-009444-2

A child's strange, grotesque fantasies and visions are the subject of this novel by Cuban writer Arenas, the first in a five-part series that includes Farewell to the Sea. Lacking a story line, chronology and clear delineation of character, ""this is a book for special tastes,'' remarked PW. (June)