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In Light of India

In Light of India

Paz, Octavio

Paperback

Letters & EssaysIndia & South Asia

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 0156005786
ISBN13: 9780156005784
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: Apr 1 1998
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

Paz the poet intoxicates; Paz the thinker ensures that this is not at the cost of reason and fairness. He intoxicates with reason. --Agha Ali, Los Angeles Times

For six years Octavio Paz served as Mexico's ambassador to India. His experiences there changed his life. Now, in Paz's most personal work of prose to date, he brings his poetic insight and voluminous knowledge to bear on a vast and extraordinary subject: the culture, landscape, and essence of India, a continent and culture that has resonated for millennia. With astonishing clarity, Paz evokes the sounds and sights of Bombay; presents a cogent survey of India's dazzling history and polyglot society; and explores India's art, music, and history. The result will draw the reader deeply into a world of astonishing beauty and power. Translated by Eliot Weinberger.

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