by Octavio Paz · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437611686
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«El laberinto de la soledad» is Octavio Paz's essay on Mexican identity and culture, published by Ediciones Cátedra in paperback.
In this essay, Octavio Paz analyses the contradictions of the Mexican character: the mask, the relationship with death and fiestas, and solitude as a fundamental experience. The author combines philosophy, psychological observation and historical interpretation to interrogate national identity and Mexico's place in the world.
Letras Hispánicas collection, volume 346. Edited by Enrico Mario Santí. This edition includes the text «El tres y el cuatro» and three new versions of other texts by Octavio Paz.
Will interest students and readers of Latin American essays, as well as those wishing to delve deeper into Mexico's culture and identity.
Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican philosopher, poet, and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature.
