Convergences: Essays on Art & Lit

Octavio Paz, Author, Paz, Author, Helen R. Lane, Translator Mariner Books $23.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-15-622586-1

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This collection of essays by a 1990 Nobelist explores how cultures collide or converge. According to PW, the U.S. ``ethic of hygiene,'' Marxism-as-religion in Latin America and the influence of Japanese culture on Hispano-American writing are among the myriad of subjects examined here. (Mar.)

Reviewed on: 06/03/1991
Release date: 06/01/1991

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