PAZ, Octavio.

£400 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

The Monkey Grammarian. First edition in English, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "A Amanda y Amanda Phillimore, Octavio Paz, Londres, a 23 de Mayo de 1989". Phillimore (1937-2020) was the sister of the Argentinian dancer and choreographer Gema Gonzalez Castillo. Written while Paz was the Mexican ambassador to India, the book is a poetic and philosophical exploration of the Hindu deity Hanuman and the ancient temple Galtaji.

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