Despite having written many acclaimed non-fiction books on the region, he has always considered those writings to be footnotes to the poems. From the long work "Mutra," written in 1952 and accompanied here by a new commentary by the author, to the celebrated poems of East Slope, and his recent adaptations from the classical Sanskrit, Paz scripts his India with a mixture of deft sensualism and hands-on politics.
| ISBN: | 9780811213493 |
| Publication date: | 22nd May 1997 |
| Author: | Octavio Paz |
| Publisher: | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 112 pages |
| Series: | New Directions Bibelot |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets |