Lydia Cabrera: Between the Sum and the Parts Published by Walther König, Köln/Americas Society. Edited by Karen Marta, Gabriel Rangel. Text by Lydia Cabrera, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gabriela Rangel, Asad Raza, Christopher Winks, Martin A. Tsang. Illustrations by Lydia Cabrera, Alexandra Exter. The first volume in English dedicated to Cuban writer and champion of Afro-Cuban culture Lydia Cabrera (1889–1991), this lovely slipcased volume complements her stories and illustrations with essays and new scholarship by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gabriela Rangel, Asad Raza, and Christopher Winks, with a facsmile of a story illustrated by Alexandra Exter.
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