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The Labyrinth of Solitude
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This collection of nine essays first published in 1950 had, in my edition, four later essays entitled "The Other Mexico"; "Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude" and "Mexico and the United States", the later being the most interesting . While political stands are bound to be dated, the eloquence, insights and descriptions were quite fascinating. I understood that he wrote for the Mexican public in the post WWII period, and presupposed a knowledge of Mexico and its cult ...more

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