The Literature Machine: EssaysSecker and Warburg, 1987 - 341 pages This is a collection of essays by the Cuban essayist and journalist. His work often seeks to confront the role of reader, author and character and question the form of each in order to explore new literary possibilities. |
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Cybernetics and Ghosts | 3 |
Two Interviews on Science and Literature | 28 |
Philosophy and Literature | 39 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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