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The Labyrinth of Solitude
The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre | Octavio Paz
Examines Mexican character and culture, pre-Columbian societies, and relations between Mexico and the United States
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Panpan

In a series of essays Octavio Paz tries to understand and analyze the Mexican people. It bothers me a lot though that he speaks of 'the Mexican' throughout the whole book. As if they are all the same. I wanted to know more about Mexico because I am going there this week for my work, but this book didn‘t work for me. #1001books

TrishB Enjoy your trip - even if you didn‘t enjoy the book! 5y
BarbaraBB @TrishB Thank you Trish! 😘 5y
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Lidia Such a classic! 7y
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#booktober day 21#immigrantstories Even through im spending my saturday doing errands and discovering cafes away from my books, this essay come to my mind for this challenge. The labyrinth of solitude of Octavio Paz is about what it means being Mexican, about Mexico history and what it means being in the United States. Was assigned to me for read at university for Latin american history and was a very interesting view about nationality.

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