“González’s masterly scrutiny of short stories and novels by Borges, Cortazar, Wells, Vargas Llosa and Roa Bastos elucidates the ways in which death, metamorphosis and transfiguration are closely linkd to [the] dual character of performance.” - Elzbieta Sklodowska, Modern Fiction Studies
“This is a challenging book for any reader but well worth the journey that González takes us on as he explores important literary texts from both an ethnographic and psychoanalytic perspective. . . . These essays examine the relationship between death and transfiguration and reflect a firm belief that the notion of character entails a complex union between recognition and transformation.” - John J. Hassett, Revista de Estudios Hispanicos
"The Monstered Self by Eduardo González achieves a level of clarity, aesthetic insight and intellectual power that are scarce in criticism at any time and have been sadly lacking in Latin American literary criticism. With this book we have commentary worthy of Borges, Cortazar, Vargas Llosa and company. . . . González gives new meaning to intertextuality through his commentary. Point of view, narrator, narrative voice are all inadequate terms when dealing with postmodernism; monstered self is uniquely apt." - Mario J. Valdés, University of Toronto
"A haunting meditation on death and narrative, with suggestive readings of Borges, Cortázar, and Roa Bastos. A major contribution to the study of modern Spanish American narrative." - Daniel Balderston, Tulane University
"Working at the intersection of mythography, psychoanalysis and Latin American narrative, Eduardo González has written a brilliant book. In the Hispanic field I can think of no one who compares fairly with his sheer range and mastery of these fields of research." - Enrico Mario Santí, Georgetown University
