Valencia inédita

Determined to win a trophy of some kind, first-grader Roscoe swaps a hand-knitted sweater from his grandmother for the chance to enter his new neighbor's very clever dog in a trick contest.

"¿Conoces a Claude? ¡No es un perro cualquiera! Un paseo por la ciudad lo lleva a dar saltos y mover el trasero, para acabar como bailarín en un teatro ¡bajo los focos!"--Page 4 of cover.

This analysis shows that Reinaldo Arenas' work is one of exile and alienation. Arenas, as a human being as well as an author, suffered all forms of exile, and these influence the structure of his work. In his literary work, as well as in his life, all the definitions of exile given by sociology are present; that of inner exile, to which Arenas added a new characteristic, and that of territorial exile as well. His work represents the vision of the marginated, imprisoned, persecuted, rejected. The purpose of his novels and poetry is to reveal, from a historical reconstruction, the explanation...

"Once upon a time there was a brave little silver colored fish. He swam around in the big blue sea and came upon a very large black object. What happens next and how it finishes, is what this book is about!"