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Though Santa, by Federico Gamboa, is one of the most analyzed novels in Mexico, in the period that goes from the end of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth, one has to admit that an approach to his contemporary readers is still necessary. In this article, I propose some ideas with regards to the reception of the novel during the Porfiriato, as well as to the modernity of Santa and the divorce established between the critique and the literature in the period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the book "Points of Departure: New Stories From Mexico," edited by Monica Lavin. Points of Departure places the reader right into a post- modern cacophony without a single direction. Instead, it offers a conjugating of forms and an appropriating of language that attempts to re-inscribe Latin American literature away from the popular tendencies of exotic (and tired) magic realism and toward the complicated, syncretic, and multiple voices that refuse easy categories. This is an excellent collection.