Labyrinth of Solitude The Other Mexico, Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexico and the U. S. A., the Philanthropic Ogre

Name: Labyrinth of Solitude The Other Mexico, Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexico and the U. S. A., the Philanthropic Ogre
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ISBN: 9780802150424

ISBN-10: 080215042X

ISBN-13: 9780802150424

Edition: 1985

Authors: Octavio Paz, Lysander Kemp, Octavio Paz

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Octavio Paz has long been acknowledged as Mexico's foremost writer and critic. In this international classic, Paz has written one of the most enduring and powerful works ever created on Mexico and its people, character, and culture. Compared to Ortega y Gasset's The Revolt of the Masses for its trenchant analysis, this collection contains his most famous work, "The Labyrinth of Solitude," a beautifully written and deeply felt discourse on Mexico's quest for identity that gives us an unequaled look at the country hidden behind "the mask." Also included are "The Other Mexico," "Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude," "Mexico and the United States," and "The Philanthropic Ogre," all of which…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/12/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 398
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


The Labyrinth of Solitude


The Pachuco and Other Extremes


Mexican Masks


The Day of the Dead


The Sons of La Malinche


The Conquest and Colonialism


From Independence to the Revolution


The Mexican Intelligentsia


The Present Day


The Dialectic of Solitude


The Other Mexico


Note


Olympics and Tlatelolco


Development and Other Mirages


Critique of the Pyramid


Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude


Mexico and the United States


The Philanthropic Ogre