Conjunctions and Disjunctions

Octavio Paz

ISBN 10: 1559701374 / ISBN 13: 9781559701372

Published by Arcade Publishing, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Conjunctions and Disjunctions
• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1559701374
• ISBN 13: 9781559701372
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dimensions: 1.27W x 13.65H x 20.96D centimeters 1.27 centimeters width by 13.65 centimeters height by 20.96 centimeters depth
• Weight: 227 grams

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Synopsis

In a series of reflective essays, the Mexican-born Nobel laureate shares his observations on the complexities of human nature, the duality of the divine and the demonic, asceticism, eroticism, and comparisons of civilizations. Reprint.

About the Author

Octavio Paz (1914-1998) was born in Mexico City. He wrote many volumes of poetry, as well as a prolific body of remarkable works of nonfiction on subjects as varied as poetics, literary and art criticism, politics, culture, and Mexican history. He was awarded the Jerusalem Prize in 1977, the Cervantes Prize in 1981, and the Neustadt Prize in 1982. He received the German Peace Prize for his political work, and finally, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.