{"product_id":"the-assault-9780140157185","title":"The Assault","description":"In this, the final volume in the series of five novels that constitute his \"secret history of Cuba\", \u003cb\u003eReinaldo Arenas\u003c\/b\u003e paints a harrowing, and at times boldly entertaining, Kafka-esque picture of a dehumanized people living in a world where homosexuality is a crime punishable by death and a cockroach hunt makes for a national holiday. Narrated by a hate-filled government torturer who has become an agent for the \"Bureau of Counterwhispering\",\" \u003cb\u003eThe Assault\u003c\/b\u003e follows his travels through a blackly humorous shadowland as he winnow out whisperers, sexual deviants, and dissidents of every sort--until memory has been banished and spoken language has been nearly forgotten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReinaldo Arenas\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cuba in 1943. In 1980, he was one of 120,000 Cubans who arrived in the United States on the Mariel boatlift. Arenas settled in New York where he lived until his death from AIDS ten years later.\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Hurley is a translator of numerous works of literature, criticism, history, and memoir. He is professor emeritus at the University of Puerto Rico.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Colchie is an acclaimed translator, editor, and literary agent for international authors. He is the editor of \u003cb\u003eA Hammock Beneath the Mangoes\u003c\/b\u003e. He has written for the \u003cb\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e. His translations include Manuel Puig's \u003cb\u003eKiss of the Spider Woman\u003c\/b\u003e and (with Elizabeth Bishop, Gregory Rabassa, and Mark Strand) Carlos Drummond de Andrade's \u003cb\u003eTravelling in the Family\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409644458258,"sku":"9780140157185","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_23582d39-3d1d-4836-aab7-0750188948d3.jpg?v=1729292179","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-assault-9780140157185","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}