OUT OF THE VOLCANO - Hardcover

Peden, Margaret Sayers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1560980605 ISBN 13: 9781560980605

Publisher: Smithsonian, 1991

Synopsis

Offers interviews with Mexican playwrights, sculptors, poets, novelists, photographers, critics, choreographers, architects, and weavers

About this title

From Library Journal:

This book presents a broad overview of the arts in contemporary Mexico, with interviews, photographs, and selections from the works of more than 50 of Mexico's most eminent living artists. All the arts are represented, from dance to architecture, from poetry to painting. Many of the names will be unfamiliar to North American readers, while others--such as Carlos Fuentes, Octavio Paz, and Rufino Tamayo--will be quite well known. As Peden demonstrates, the artistic and social worlds of all these artists intermix, as do their recurring themes of myth and death. The photographic portraits are an elegant accompaniment to Peden's text. Peden has published books on contemporary Latin American literature ( The Latin American Short Story: A Critical History , LJ 7/83) and has translated works of Paz, Fuentes, Sor Juana, Pablo Neruda, and others. Recommended for academic libraries and public libraries with strong collections in Latin American art and literature.
- Mary Margaret Benson, Lin field Coll. Lib., McMinnville, Ore.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal:

YA-- In a series of interviews with 48 of Mexico's top artists, musicians, architects, poets, writers, and craftsmen, an interesting picture emerges of each person as a unique individual. Some, such as Carlos Fuentes, Octavio Paz and Jose Luis Cuevas, have a world-wide reputation. Others, like the three weavers from Oaxaca, are relatively unknown, except by those who recognize the quality of their work. Each interview allows the artists to describe their work and their influences and is accompanied by a photograph--often taken in their home. The result makes for a very intimate portrait. A tantalizing introduction to the contemporary creators of Mexico's culture.

Barbara Weathers, Duchesne Academy, Houston, TX

Copyright 1992 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Smithsonian
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 1560980605
• ISBN 13: 9781560980605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256