literary fiction · 1989 · estimated
Old Rosa
Spice · 2 of 5
One or two intimate scenes, fade to black or lightly described.
Explicitness · 2 of 3
Direct. Plain anatomical words, moderately crude dialogue.
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A terrifying and beautiful novel, Old Rosa is composed of two stories that converge on a single charged point in the lives of a Cuban mother and son. In the first, the mother finds her son in bed with another boy; in the second, the son is imprisoned in one of Castro's camps for homosexuals.
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