"Bawdy, brilliant, human and humorous . . . full of unexpected delights–everything a modern novel should be."-
The Denver Post "A charismatic storyteller. . . . No other Latin American writer is more genuinely admired by his peers, nor has any other exerted so great a creative influence on the course of Latin American fiction."-
The New York Times Book Review "A sentimental masterpiece."-
Los Angeles Times;
"Poetic, comical and very human."-
Chicago Tribune "One of the greatest writers . . . also one of the most entertaining." -Mario Vargas Llosa
