The monkey grammarian
by Paz, Octavio
"Hanumān, the red-faced monkey chief and ninth grammarian of Hindu mythology, is the protagonist of this dazzling prose poem--a mind-journey to the temple city of Galta in India and the occation for Octavio Paz, the celebrated Mexican poet and essayist, to explore the nature of naming and knowing, time and reality, and fixity and decay."--Cover.
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :The monkey grammarian / Octavio Paz ; translated from the Spanish by Helen Lane.
Summary
"Hanumān, the red-faced monkey chief and ninth grammarian of Hindu mythology, is the protagonist of this dazzling prose poem--a mind-journey to the temple city of Galta in India and the occation for Octavio Paz, the celebrated Mexican poet and essayist, to explore the nature of naming and knowing, time and reality, and fixity and decay."--Cover.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:1990.
- Edition:1st Arcade ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Arcade Pub
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1990.
Notes
Translation of: El mono gramático.
The Physical Object
- Description:162 pages : : illustrations ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1559701358, 9781559701358
- oclc:ocm22811158
- LC Classification:PQ7297.P285
- Dewey Decimal:864
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