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If the sleep of reason produces monsters, what does the sleep of unreason produce?

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Age: 75 †
Born: 1929
Born: April 22
Died: 2005
Died: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
Linguist
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Translator
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Guillermo Cain
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Monsters
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Sleep
Doe
Reason
Unreason

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