?brilliant. . . a stimulating book, electric in its energies, the shock of its thought`. ?boston globe?with the translation of alternating current, readers can make the acquaintance of a man of electrical passions,paradoxical visions, alternating currents of thought and feeling that run hot but never cold? ?christian science monitor?read like a poet?s prose: quick, flashing, and idiosyncratic.??the new yorker?the sheer range of the book is notable?evidence of his determination to bring the world to mexico and perhaps even mexico to the world. everything tempts paz, as ifthe world of modern culture were still young, still fresh, and he writes in alternating current about literary theory, mexican fiction, european poetry, sartre, oriental thought, drugs, mcluhanism, the politics of the ?third world.??new york times book review