Enrico Mario Santí gathers here thirty years¿ worth of essays on Latin American literature and
Literary theory. The title reflects his enduring interest in the history literature and
culture of Cuba subject of many of the essays. While most of the book deals with literature
-ranging from aspects of canonical Latin American figures like Borges Neruda and Paz to
Caribbean exceptionality and the pedagogy of cultural studies- some of it intersects forays
into history politics and art including music. Indeed such intersection polemical perhaps
constitutes the essays' common theme and makes them timely too particularly today when
culture rather than literature or art or even politics is meant to carry the day for civic
responsibility in critical work.
