Carlos Monsiváis is probably the greatest Mexican and Latin American chronicler of the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. It is not an exaggeration to affirm that Monsiváis was the master of almost everything that was written afterwards. Through the ironic and erudite prose of Monsiváis, the tension between high culture and popular culture, music, fashion, urban changes, revolution, literature parade. Author of a very extensive work, this Essential Anthology functions as a reference book.
