An Introduction to Octavio Paz is a valuable and concise primer to the ideas of the world renowned Mexican writer and Nobel Prize winner. Written and edited by Alberto Ruy Sanchez, a well-respected writer whom Paz considered one of Mexico s best essayists, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the vast literary, intellectual, and poetic legacy of Mexico s greatest writer. Paz thought of poetry as revelatory creation and activity, and Ruy Sanchez takes this idea as a guide for his book, as he unravels Paz s complex life and huge bibliography. For every reader who wants to look...