Editor ContentsGuest Editor : Alok Bhalla5 • Introduction : In Search of ClaritiesAlok Bhalla7 • The New Latin American LiteratureKalpana Sahni19 • Existential and Political Controls in Marquez's FictionEric Mdttram37 • Marquez and the Politics of the PossibleKumkum Sangari59 • Marquez: Resistance, Rebellion and ReadingAlan Kennedy77 • A Detective Story Turned Upside DownManabendra Bandyopadhyay87 • Latin American Cinema : Political CinemaAshish Rajadhyaksha99 • A Historical Map for a World of FablesAlok BhallaFRONT COVER • Krishen Khanna, Che Dead : Preparations for a Photograph, 1970, 125 cm x 184 cm, Oil on canvas, Coll. : Ravi Rekni, Delhi.BACK COVER • Krishen Khanna, A Question of Black and White, 1970, 125 cm x 184 cm, Oil on canvas, Coll. : A. Samp.INSIDE FRONT COVER • Satish Gujral, 1954. INSIDE BACK COVER • S^tish Gujral, 1954.^ARTS^DEASNUMBERS 10-11 January-June 1985 r -^/i - ) ^ G.P. DeshpandeManaging Editor & Treasurer Romi Khosia Associate Editors Vivan Sundaram Kumkum SangariContributing Editors Prasanna Theatre Geeta Kapur Visual Arts Malini Bhattacharya Literature Neela Khopkar Music Ashish Rajadhyaksha Films Anil Bhatti Book ReviewsAdvisory Editors Saeed Akhtar Mirza Mihir Bhattacharya M.S. Sathyu Sudhir Patwardhan Kalpana Sahni P. Govinda Pillai M.S. Prabhakar Asad Zaidi Madan Gopal Singh Rajendra Prasad Anuradha Kapur Arun Khopkar Chanchal Chauhan Indira ChandrashekharSubscriptions Individual Rs. 25.00/annum0Institutions & Libraries Rs. 40.00/annum °Rs. 4.00 banking charges if by chequeContact: Subscription Manager Journal of Arts & Ideas 78-G Sujan Singh Park New Delhi-110 003 Printed and Published by G.P. Deshpande at Paul's Press.PhOtotypeset by Progressive Printers C-52-53, DDA Sheds Phase-1, Okhia Ind. Area New Delhi-110 020