| One Earth, Four or Five Worlds: Reflections on Contemporary History Contributor(s): Paz, Octavio (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156687461 ISBN-13: 9780156687461 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1986 Annotation: Written with a poet's sensibility and a diplomat's sense of history, these essays view a contemporary world poised between the upheaval of the 1960s and the uncertainties of the 1980s. "Essays at once eloquent and slashing, urgent and erudite" (Publishers Weekly). Translated by Helen Lane. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 20th Century - Political Science | Comparative Politics |
| Dewey: 909.82 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.57" W x 8.52" (0.67 lbs) 228 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written with a poet's sensibility and a diplomat's sense of history, these essays view a contemporary world poised between the upheaval of the 1960s and the uncertainties of the 1980s. Essays at once eloquent and slashing, urgent and erudite (Publishers Weekly). Translated by Helen Lane. |
Contributor Bio(s): Paz, Octavio: - Octavio Paz was born in 1914 and died in 1998. The author of eighteen books, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990. |