- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Mariner Books; Reprint edition (Jun 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0156225867
- ISBN-13: 978-0156225861
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 13.8 x 2.1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,674,347 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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These sixteen essays on art and literature cover a wide range of topics including American painting, the religious rites of the Aztecs, Marxism, linguistics and Picasso. He penetrates the meaning of modernism, gnosticism and the effect of Edith Piaf on pygmies. Also analyzed is American "cuisine", tantric Buddhism, the notion of nationhood, some haikus and manners good and bad. The author, as a poet, also considers his colleagues: Valery, Vasconcelos, Pound, Wallace, Stevens, Borges, Goethe, Sartre and Gide, amongst others. The work is presented here in translation from the author's original version. By the same author: "The Labyrinth of Solitude".
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Insightful and ingenious!
26 May 2004
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I came across this book after reading some reviews of Pablo Neruda's works. After reading only 2 chapters, I really got into the work. Paz's essays are incredible insightful, and he is able to analyze not only his own culture but also myriad other cultures and draw semblances between them. Topics wander through art, language, occasionally politics, and even love and eroticism. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in art, international affairs, philosophy, or especially anthropology. Read it, and you won't be disappointed.
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