The Labyrinth of Solitude · The Other Mexico, · Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude · Mexico and the United State · The Philanthropic Ogre

Paz, Octavio; Kemp, Lysander (Tr.); Milos, Yara (Tr.); Belash, Rachel Phillips (Tr.)

ISBN 10: 080215042X / ISBN 13: 9780802150424

Published by Grove Press, U.S.A., 1985

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VG+. Numbering sequence denotes 5th of the stated 1st Grove Soft Cover Edition thus, translated, with preface, by Lysander Kemp, Yara Milos and Rachel Phillips Belash. Book straight, square, is securely bound, and, except for light residue of shelving dust along edges, free of other blemishes, markings and creasing along gutter, hinges and spine. Except for some light age toning along the edges, Cover is otherwise clean and bright, with gently bumped corners, sharp jionts, straight head, tail, hinges and edges, boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design and illustration. (Please see Seller images.) ISBN 080215042X. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping; please contact ShiroBooks PRIOR TO ORDERING if more information, details or photos are needed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Labyrinth of Solitude · The Other Mexico, · Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude · Mexico and the United State · The Philanthropic Ogre
• Publisher: Grove Press, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080215042X
• ISBN 13: 9780802150424
• Binding: Soft cover
• Printing: 5th or later Printin
• Condition: Very Good Plus
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 1.25 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

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 develop the themes of the title essay and extend his penetrating commentary to the United States and Latin America.

About the Author

The Nobel Prize-winning OCTAVIO PAZ was born in 1914, near Mexico City. His family was forced into exile, which they served in the United States, after the assassination of Mexican president Zapata, in 1919. In 1943 Paz received a Guggenheim Fellowship and he moved to the United States in order to study at the University of California, where he stayed for two years. In 1945 Paz became a Mexican diplomat and moved to Paris, where he would write his masterpiece The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950), a collection of nine essays regarding the Mexican identity. From 1970 to 1974 Paz lectured at Harvard University, where he was made an honorary doctor in 1980. In 1977, Paz was awarded the prestigious Jerusalem Prize for literature and in 1982 he was awarded the Neustadt Prize. It was in 1990 that Paz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for “impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity.” Paz died of cancer in 1998.