José Lezama Lima's Joyful Vision: A Study of Paradiso and Other Prose Works

by Gustavo Pell N. and Gustavo Pellon

Cuba's Jos Lezama Lima became the most controversial figure in the flowering of the Latin American novel with the 1966 publication of Paradiso. Hailed as a seminal writer of breathtaking originality by Julio Cort zar, Octavio Paz, and Mario Vargas Llosa, Lezama was also attacked by the Castro regime and others for his stylistic obscurity, erotic descriptions, and violation of literary norms. Indeed, his experimental fiction, written on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292742282
• ISBN13: 9780292742284
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"