‘La invención de todas las cosas’: Much Ado about Nothing
A book that fails on every level: in its conception, composition, and structure, but also in the prose itself.
A book that fails on every level: in its conception, composition, and structure, but also in the prose itself.
Brian Dillon’s ‘Essayism’ presents a sentimental and fragmented vision of the essay, prioritizing sentiment over intellectual rigor, losing its hybrid essence between art and science.
Cuban literature and art, from Martí and De la Cruz to later representations of the 1959 Revolution, have constructed a romantic and heroic image of revolutionary warfare.
In 1925, Mañach lamented the cultural decline of Cuba; today, in the throes of agony, there is a lack of critical and historical books that give meaning to our identity.