El laberinto de la soledad / Postdata / Vuelta a El laberinto de la soledad
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9789681659707 (9681659708)
Publish date: February 1st 1999
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Pages no: 352
Edition language: Spanish
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Philosophy,
Poetry,
Spanish Literature,
Latin American,
Latin American Literature,
Nobel Prize
Notre mort illumine notre vie. Si notre mort manque de sens, c'est que notre vie en a manqué. C'est pourquoi, lorsque quelqu'un meurt de mort violente, nous disons seulement : "Il l'a cherché". Et il est vrai que chacun a la mort qu'il mérite, la mort qu'il fait. Mort de chrétien ou mort de chien so...
Most of the time I kept wondering what Mexicans today think about this work, as the text felt a little dated, especially Paz's brief mention of/about women (pages 66 & 197. There were small parts I liked, such as on pages: 184, 186, 208, 222, 228, 291 and 375, but I made the mistake of reading the l...
Collection of essays in which the Nobel laureate describes and explains Mexican history and society. To understand Mexico and much of Latin America, this is a good read. Some of the essays were written during the politically charged 60s, but they are still readable today.
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