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Book, 2004
Current format, Book, 2004, First edition, No Longer Available.
Book, 2004
Current format, Book, 2004, First edition, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formats
In this grand narrative, driven by 3,000 years of history, Mexico is seen as if it were a person, but in the Aztec way - the mind, the heart, the winds of life - and on every page there are portraits and stories: artists, shamans, teachers, a young Maya political leader -the rich few and the many poor.Earl Shorris is ingenious at finding ways to tell this story: prostitutes in the Plaza Loreto launch the discussion of economics; we are taken inside two crucial elections as Mexico struggles towards democracy; we watch the creation of a popular telenovela and meet the country's greatest living intellectual. The result is a work of magnificent scope and profound insight into the divided soul of Mexico.
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