About the Author

Antonio Benítez-Rojo is the Thomas B. Walton, Jr., Memorial Professor at Amherst College.

Reviews

"Benitez-Rojo . . . has created an immensely rich and original book. . . . "The Repeating Island" is driven by a need, unstated but pressing . . . to turn the scholarship on the Caribbean inside out."
--Barbara Einzig, "Voice Literary Supplement"

"Benitez-Rojo's book . . . will be an indispensable source for scholars and critics who venture into life, art, and literature of the chaotic Caribbean."
--Julio Matas," Cuban Studies"

"In "The Repeating Island," Benitez-rojo offers a daring yet convincing theory of the Caribbean in which he applies the scientific ideas associate with Chaos. . . . A masterpiece."
--William Luis," Callaloo"

"Benitez-Rojo . . . has created an immensely rich and original book. . . . "The Repeating Island" is driven by a need, unstated but pressing . . . to turn the scholarship on the Caribbean inside out."
--Barbara Einzig, "Voice Literary Supplement"
"Benitez-Rojo's book . . . will be an indispensable source for scholars and critics who venture into life, art, and literature of the chaotic Caribbean."
--Julio Matas," Cuban Studies"
"In "The Repeating Island," Benitez-rojo offers a daring yet convincing theory of the Caribbean in which he applies the scientific ideas associate with Chaos. . . . A masterpiece."
--William Luis," Callaloo"