Pentagonia - Böcker

In this apocalyptic vision of Castro's Cuba, a young couple 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. Reinaldo Arenas is the author of "Before the Night Falls".

The final volume in a series of five novels painting a picture of a dehumanized world where homosexuality is a crime punishable by death and a cockroach hunt makes for a national holiday. The narrator is a hate-filled government torturer whose goal is to banish memory and nearly destroy language.