Self-Portrait of the Other

The autobiography of Cuba''s finest poet whose condemnation by the Castro regime became a cause celebre.Intellectuals alienated from the Castro government who have told their stories tend to sound spiteful and illiberal like Cabrera Infante; Padilla takes pains to do better. His style is clear sometimes witty often bitter persevering but not burdensome and evincing an occasional affinity with both Orwell and Hemingway. - Publishers Weekly