El insaciable hombre arana (Narrativas hispanicas) (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Pedro Juan Gutierrez (Author)

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Series: Narrativas Hispanicas | Publication Date: September 15, 2004

Cuentos de un fuerte sabor autobiografico, hilvanados de modo que pueden leerse ocmo una novela. El autor mezcla en ellos amor, sexo, odio, suenos, pasiones, realidad, frustraciones y un largo etcetera. Aqui estan los sentimientos y contradicciones de un hombre de 50 anos que se enfrenta al hecho cotidiano de vivir y lo convierte en ejercicio acrobatico en el limite, al borde del abismo. Relatos amenos, lucidos, juguetones y tragicos, insertados en el tiempo caotico y vertiginoso que le ha tocado vivir al autor.

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Pedro Juan Gutierrez (Cuba, 1950). Se dio a conocer con el titulo Trilogia sucia de La Habana, y de ahi en adelante todas sus novelas han sido exitosas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 211 pages
• Publisher: Editorial Anagrama; Segunda edition (September 15, 2004)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 8433924982
• ISBN-13: 978-8433924988
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,826,538 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Un buen libro pero no tan impresionante como los otros., May 26, 2003

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This review is from: El insaciable hombre arana (Narrativas hispanicas) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

This book is from the collection of four such books by the author Pedro Juan Gutierrez in which he reveals the sordid details about Cuba that still are unknown to many around the world. The life of Pedro Juan G in Cuba in the 90's was full of repression, day-to-day struggles, strife and female encounters. This book -El insaciable hombre arana- is just a series of episodes chapter by chapter each not necessarily relating to each other but reveal episodes of his life as he struggled to survive in Cuba post the decline of the Soviet Union. There is no real plot. Reading the book was once again very enlightening however, I did not find this book as illustrative as the other two that I read which are: Trilogia sucia de la Habana and El rey de la Habana. Perhaps it could be that by this being the third on this subject matter it was no longer an invigorating experience. Nevertheless, I appreciate the details and the opportunity to see this side of Cuba through the experiences of the author. It's worth the read if you are curious. I give the book a rating of 3.5 stars.