In Light Of India

"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.

Product details

• Authors: Octavio Paz, Octavo Paz
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1998
• EAN: 9780156005784
• ISBN: 978-0-15-600578-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 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