About this title: Winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature J. M. G. Le Clezio here conjures the consciousness of Mexico, powerfully evoking the dreams that made and unmade an ancient culture. Le Clezio's haunting book takes us into the dream that was the religion of the Aztecs, a religion whose own apocalyptic visions anticipated the coming of the Spanish conquerors. Here the dream of the conquistadores rises before us, too, the glimmering idea of gold drawing Europe into the Mexican dream. Against the religion and thought of the Aztecs and the Tarascans and the Europeans in Mexico, Le Clezio also shows us ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780226110035ISBN:0226110036
Description: Paperback, NO highlighting or notes, has normal slight edge wear to corners and edges; otherwise, a tight, clean copy. INV#J-22 VG/no dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Date Published: 1993-12-01
ISBN-13:9780226110028ISBN:0226110028
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780226110028ISBN:0226110028
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Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 12/1/1993
ISBN-13:9780226110028ISBN:0226110028
Description: Very Good. 0226110028 Hard cover book that has little wear to the cover. The binding is tight and the pages are clean throughout. There is not a dust jacket. Nice copy. Fast shipping. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 12/1/1993
ISBN-13:9780226110028ISBN:0226110028
Description: Good. 0226110028 Ex-library book with usual markings. Clean text. SATISF GNTD + SHIPS W/IN 24 HRS. Ships in a padded envelope with free tracking. 29, 180. read more
Edition: 1st Edition (later printing)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780226110028ISBN:0226110028
Description: As New in As New jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition (later printing). Winner of the Pulitzer Prize (2008). read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780226110028ISBN:0226110028
Description: New. Not one dream but many unfold in J. M. G. Le Clezio's conjuring of the consciousness of Mexico, a powerful evocation of the imaginings that made and unmade an ancient culture. "What motivated me", Le Clezio has said, "was a sort of dream about what h... read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1993-12-01
ISBN-13:9780226110028ISBN:0226110028
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Edition: First U.S. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780226110028ISBN:0226110028
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author A tight, clean, unread copy of this book on the Amerindian Civilizations by the 2008 Nobel Prize Winning French author. Translated from the French by Teresa Lavender Fagan. Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page. 219 pp. read more
"These essays about Amerindian civilization are poetic, both deeply felt and factual, deeply imaginative and moving even if one takes issues with his conclusions."
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