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For six years Octavio Paz served as Mexico‘s ambassador to India—an experience that forever changed his life. Now, in Paz’s most personal work of prose to date, the Nobel Prize Laureate brings his poetic insight and voluminous knowledge to bear on a vast and extraordinary subject: the cult…

In Light of India

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    29 April 1998

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Summary

“One of the most brilliant and original essayists in any language” (Washington Post Book World) reflects on the six years he spent in India as Mexican ambassador-and reveals how the people and culture of that extraordinary land changed his life. Translated by Eliot Weinberger.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780156005784
ISBN-10:0156005786
Author:Octavio Paz
Publisher:Mariner Books
Imprint:Thomson Learning
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Edition:1st
Release Date:29 April 1998
Weight:272g
Dimensions:15mm x 132mm x 201mm
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About The Author

Octavio Paz

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 non ction 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.

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