The Labyrinth of Solitude
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...
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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 unequalled 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.
Preface5The Labyrinth of Solitude7The Pachuco and Other Extremes9Mexican Masks29The Day of the Dead47The Sons of La Malinche65The Conquest and Colonialism89From Independence to the Revolution117The Mexican Intelligentsia151The Present Day175The Dialectic of Solitude195The Other Mexico213Note215Olympics and Tlatelolco221Development and Other Mirages238Critique of the Pyramid284Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude327Mexico and the United States355The Philanthropic Ogre377
