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The Mexican Dream: Or, The Interrupted Thought of Amerindian Civilizations Le C
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780226110028
- Book Title
- Mexican Dream : Or, the Interrupted Thought of Amerindian Civilizations
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Social Science, History
- Topic
- Latin America / Mexico, General, Native American
- Item Weight
- 14.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 232 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226110028
ISBN-13
9780226110028
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60253
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mexican Dream : Or, the Interrupted Thought of Amerindian Civilizations
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1993
Topic
Latin America / Mexico, General, Native American
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
93-017029
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
972/.02
Table Of Content
Translator's Note 1. The Dream of the Conquerors 2. The Dream of Origins 3. Mexican Myths 4. Nezahualcóyotl, or the Festival of Words 5. The Barbarian Dream 6. Antonin Artaud, or the Mexican Dream 7. The Interrupted Thought of Amerindian Civilizations Notes Map of region
Synopsis
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. "We are lucky to have in Le Clézio a writer of great quality who brings his particular sensibility and talent here to remind us of the very nature of the rituals and myths of the civilizations of ancient Mexico; he provides us with descriptions as precise as they are mysterious." --Le Figaro, Winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature, J. M. G. Le Cl zio here conjures the consciousness of Mexico, powerfully evoking the dreams that made and unmade an ancient culture. Le Cl zio'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 Cl zio also shows us those of the "barbarians" of the north, the nomadic Indians beyond the pale of the Aztec frontier. Finally, Le Cl zio'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 Cl zio 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. "We are lucky to have in Le Cl zio a writer of great quality who brings his particular sensibility and talent here to remind us of the very nature of the rituals and myths of the civilizations of ancient Mexico; he provides us with descriptions as precise as they are mysterious." --Le Figaro
LC Classification Number
F1230.L3413 1993
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