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Ilan Stavans has been called 'the czar of Latino culture in the United States, ' and this elegantly slender, deftly wrought tribute to the Mexican literary titan Octavio Paz more than amply proves why he wears the title. --San Francisco Chronicle A meditation on an intellectual by an intellectual . . . Elegant, heartfelt and enormously perceptive, Stavans' meditation . . . is essential reading for anyone who would attempt to comprehend the 20th century Mexican literary scene and the legacy of its greatest light. --Hyde Park Review of Books While Stavans's 'meditation' will perhaps resonate most richly with admirers of the late Paz, the book is an illuminating text on more general issues as well, including the evolution of Mexican literature in the 1900s, the cultural role of literary journals, and the purpose of intellectualism in modern society. --Rain Taxi

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Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. His books include On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language, The Essential Ilan Stavans, and The Hispanic Condition.

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