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Superstitions & Folk Belief

The Labyrinth of Solitude

by Octavio Paz

The Mexican poet's essay on Mexican identity, history and character, including famous chapters on the Day of the Dead and on La Malinche. Its claims about national attitudes to death have been influential and much debated.

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