In Light of India

Informationen zum Autor Octavio Paz was born in 1914 and died in 1998. The author of eighteen books, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990. Klappentext "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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Octavio Paz was born in 1914 and died in 1998. The author of eighteen books, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.

Zusammenfassung

“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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Octavio Paz, Octavo Paz
• Verlag: Harvest Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.04.1998
• EAN: 9780156005784
• ISBN: 978-0-15-600578-4
• Abmessung: 137 mm x 205 mm x 13 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sociology, India, Central Asia, Travel writing, South East Asia, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Asian History, General and world history, Travel and holiday, Urban communities, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), HISTORY: WORLD, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General, HISTORY: Social History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, TRAVEL: Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL: Asia / Central, TRAVEL: Asia / India & South Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Anthropology / Cultural & Social, TRAVEL: Asia / Southeast, HISTORY: Asia / South / India, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs