“[C]onjuring the abracadabra of erasure” (10), Cardona brings back to life his childhood, his family, and his neighborhood, tinted in the añil her mother used to wash clothes. The book is permeated by the sense of wonder learned by playing with words and seeing how language unfolds beyond the X that both represents and crucifies illiterate people.

“[C]onjuring the abracadabra of erasure” (10), Cardona le da nueva vida poética a su infancia, su familia y su barrio, teñidos por el añil que su madre usaba para blanquear la colada. Permea todo el libro una sensación de asombro, aprendida mediante el juego con las palabras y el descubrimiento de que éstas van mucho más allá de la X que representa y crucifica a los analfabetos.

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