The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings

octavio paz lysander kemp yara milos

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.

Genres nonfictionessayshistoryphilosophyspanish literaturepoetryclassicsnobel prizelatin americanliterature

398 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1950

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mexico,

This edition

Format: 398 pages, Paperback
Published: January 12, 1994 by Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802150424
ASIN: 080215042X
Language: English

About the author

octavio paz

Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature ("for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity.")