The Color of Summer: or The New Garden of Earthly Delights

Contents
 

NOTICE

TO THE JUDGE

INTRODUCTION BY THOMAS COLCHIE

THE FLIGHT OF GERTRUDIS GÓMEZ DE AVELLANEDA

A TONGUE TWISTER (1)

“HM, TOP, SEEKING SAME . . .”

IN THE MONSTER MEN’S ROOM

A TONGUE TWISTER (2)

PAINTING

THE SEVEN MAJOR CATEGORIES OF QUEENHOOD

FAIRIES ON THE BEACH

A PRAYER

A LETTER

A WALKING TOUR THROUGH OLD HAVANA IN THE COMPANY OF ALEJO SHOLEKHOV

BUSES OR TURTLES?

OSCAR FLIES BY NIGHT

A JOURNEY TO HOLGUÍN

A JOURNEY TO THE MOON

A TONGUE TWISTER (3)

BEFORE UNDERTAKING A LONG JOURNEY

HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A FAIRY SPURNED

A JOURNEY BY TRAIN

THE STORY

A TONGUE TWISTER (4)

VIRGILIO PIÑERA READS HIS EVANESCENT POEMS

FOR BOSCH, SHE NOSHES

SOME UNSETTLING QUESTIONS

A TONGUE TWISTER (5)

IN THE MONSTER MEN’S ROOM

A TOUR OF INSPECTION

ROSA’S LITTLE PINK SLIPPERS, THE MAGIC RING, AND THE SEVEN-LEAGUE SWIM FINS

THE STORY

A TONGUE TWISTER (6)

A LETTER

MEDICINAL IMMERSIONS

A TONGUE TWISTER (7)

THE PARTY BEGINS

THE LOCK QUEEN

A TONGUE TWISTER (8)

NOUVEAUX PENSÉES DE PASCAL, OU PENSÉES D’ENFER

THE SUPER-SKEWER

THE THREE WEIRD SISTERS, PLUS ONE

THE GUEST IN DISTRESS

THE DEATH OF LEZAMA

A TONGUE TWISTER (9)

ST. NELLY

THE STORY

A TONGUE TWISTER (10)

THE FOUR MAJOR CATEGORIES OF TOPS

A DYING MOTHER

CRUCIFUCKINGFIXION

THE ANGLO-CAMPESINA

THE KEY TO THE GULF

THE ELECTRIC VENUS

COCO SALAS’ SECRET

A TONGUE TWISTER (11)

THE SEVEN WONDERS OF CUBAN SOCIALISM

IN THE LIBRARY

A CLARIFICATION BY THE THREE WEIRD SISTERS

A SCREAM IN THE NIGHT (THOUGH IT WAS BRIGHT AS DAY)

A TONGUE TWISTER (12)

STOOL PIGEONS

FOREWORD

A TONGUE TWISTER (13)

THE CONDESA DE MERLÍN

IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS

AT THE EXIT TO EL MORRO CASTLE

FAREWELL TO THE SEA

JOSÉ LEZAMA LIMA’S LECTURE

A TONGUE TWISTER (14)

A LETTER

THE AREOPAGITE

A TONGUE TWISTER (15)

FORBIDDEN COSTUMES

THE AREOPAGITE’S STORY

A TONGUE TWISTER (16)

A FUGITIVE’S TOCCATA AND FUGUE

A JOURNEY TO THE MOON

A TONGUE TWISTER (17)

MONKEYSHINES

IN EL MORRO CASTLE

THE STORY

A TONGUE TWISTER (18)

THE CONFESSION OF H. PUNTILLA

SKUNK IN A FUNK

A TONGUE TWISTER (19)

THAT EARTHSHAKING COUPLING

A TONGUE TWISTER (20)

A LETTER

THE DEATH OF VIRGILIO PIÑERA

A TONGUE TWISTER (21)

THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF YOUNG TEODORO TAMPON

A TONGUE TWISTER (22)

A PORTRAIT OF LUISA PÉREZ DE ZAMBRANA

A TONGUE TWISTER (23)

CLARA’S HOLE

A TONGUE TWISTER (24)

THE GRAND ONEIRICAL THEOLOGICAL POLITICAL PHILOSOPHICAL SATIRICAL CONFERENCE

A PRAYER

A TONGUE TWISTER (25)

THE GARDEN OF COMPUTERS

A TONGUE TWISTER (26)

ASS-WIGGLING AND BACKSIDE-SWINGING

A TONGUE TWISTER (27)

THE DUAL NATURE OF THE [GENIUS, TYRANT]

IN THE MONSTER MEN’S ROOM

A TONGUE TWISTER (28)

THE LADY OF THE VEIL

ASS-WIGGLING

A TONGUE TWISTER (29)

THE ELEVATION OF THE HOLY HAMMER

THE BURIAL OF VIRGILIO PIÑERA

THE DEPARTURE

A TONGUE TWISTER (THE LAST ONE)

CLARA IN FLAMES

PANDEMONIUM

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

THE STORY

 

AFTERWORD

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

 

THE COLOR OF SUMMER or The New Garden of Earthly Delights

 

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2000
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Electronic edition: April, 2002

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