A seminal text of Contemporary Mexican poetry, inspired by the Tarahumara and peyote rituals. Included in appendix is the first manifesto of infra-realism, written by Anaya in 1975.
José Vicente Anaya (Mexico, 1947-2020) is a poet, translator, essayist and journalist. A student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Anaya took part in the social and student movement of 1968. He is one of the founders of infra-realism, along with Roberto Bolaño and Mario Santiago Papasquiaro.