The Mexican Dream : Or, the Interrupted Thought of Amerindian Civilizations
by J. M. G. Le Clezio
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0226110028
- ISBN 13
- 9780226110028
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About This Item
University of Chicago Press, USA, 1993. Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 221 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: University of Chicago Press, USA, 1993. Second Printing. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature, J. M. G. Le Clézio here conjures the consciousness of Mexico, powerfully evoking the dreams that made and unmade an ancient culture. Le Clézio's haunting book takes us into the dream that was the religion of the Aztecs, a religion whose own apocalyptic visions anticipated the coming of the Spanish conquerors. Here the dream of the conquistadores rises before us, too, the glimmering idea of gold drawing Europe into the Mexican dream. Against the religion and thought of the Aztecs and the Tarascans and the Europeans in Mexico, Le Clézio also shows us those of the "barbarians" of the north, the nomadic Indians beyond the pale of the Aztec frontier. Finally, Le Clézio's book is a dream of the present, a meditation on what in Amerindian civilizations - in their language, in their way of telling tales, of wanting to survive their own destruction - moved the poet, playwright, and actor Antonin Artaud and motivates Le Clézio in this book. His own deep identification with pre-Columbian cultures, whose faith told them the wheel of time would bring their gods and their beliefs back to them, finds fitting expression in this extraordinary book, which brings the dream around. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sociology & Culture; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0226110028. ISBN/EAN: 9780226110028. Inventory No: 24030116.. 9780226110028
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24030116
- Title
- The Mexican Dream : Or, the Interrupted Thought of Amerindian Civilizations
- Author
- J. M. G. Le Clezio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0226110028
- ISBN 13
- 9780226110028
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Sociology & Culture; The Mexican Dream : Or, the Interrupted Thought of Amerindian Civilizations
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sociology & Culture; Indigenous Cultures;
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