The Monkey Grammarian (edition 1991)

by Octavio Paz

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Title:	The Monkey Grammarian
Authors:	Octavio Paz
Info:	Arcade Publishing (1991), Paperback, 176 pages
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The Monkey Grammarian by Octavio Paz

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Lectura espiritual ideal para aquellos que escriben y gustan además de Paz.

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Hanum?n, the red-faced monkey chief and ninth grammarian of Hindu mythology, is the protagonist of this dazzling narrative--a mind-journey to the temple city of Galta in India and the occasion for Octavio Paz, the celebrated Mexican poet and essayist, to explore the nature of naming and knowing, time and reality, and fixity and decay.… (more)

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