Books by Virgilio Pinera and Complete Book Reviews

Cold Tales
Cold Tales
Virgilio Pinera, Author, Virgilio Piinera, Author Eridanos Press $15 (282p) ISBN 978-0-941419-19-2
Laws of gravity are abrogated in this short fiction by a Cuban litterateur. Men swim on dry land, death does not relieve the insomniac of sleeplessness, parents become the children of their children. ``Cold'' with the frigidity of a hell in which ``o
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Rene's Flesh
Rene's Flesh
Virgilio Pinera, Author, Mark Schafer, Translator, Virgilio Piinera, Author Eridanos Press $17.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-941419-40-6
Pinera's (1912-1979) dark and defiant novel unforgettably amplifies the absurdist themes so startlingly introduced in his short-story collection, Cold Tales . Rene is 20, ripe for education in the cult of flesh, ``not of intact, athletic flesh, but...
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Rene's Flesh
Rene's Flesh
Virgilio Pinera, Author, Mark Schafer, Translator, Anton Arrufat, Illustrator Marsilio Publishers $12 (0p) ISBN 978-0-941419-76-5
Cuban Pinera's (1912-1979) boisterously savage novel of the absurd features a reluctant young man educated in a slaughterhouse where humans are sacrificed. (Sept.)
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