"La obra de Nicolas Guillen (1902-1989) entronca con esa poesia actuante, que identifica al poeta y la revolucion. Ya la voz es de una nacionalidad en vias de consolidarse: entera, abarcadora, cubre todos los registros posibles porque se ha formado con los elementos totales que integran el complejo nacional cubano."
In 1966, GuillTn (1902-1989), the National Poet of Cuba, wrote a book of 15 poems dealing with a rupture in his affair with Sara Casal, to whom he dedicated the book. This bilingual edition presents the poems and Ellis's commentary and notes. As an epilogue, Ellis includes a previously unpublished sonnet by the Cuban poet Eliseo Diego, "A Sara Casal." The volume is illustrated with 13 b&w drawings by the Cuban painter Ernesto Garcfa Pena. Canadian call C94-930761-0. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.