Le Clezio, J. -M. G. (1940-)

The Mexican dream, or, the interrupted thought of Amerindian civilizations / J.M.G. Le Clézio - Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1993 - x, 221 p. : map ; 21 cm.

Translation of: Le rêve mexicain ou la pensée interrompue.

Includes bibliographical references

Le Clezio, is a French novelist who has studied pre-Columbian Mexico for many years. In this unusual work he conjures the dream that was the religion of the Aztecs and its encounter with the dream of the conquistadores, imagining how the thought of early Indian civilizations might have evolved if not for the interruption by European conquest.


Translated from the French to English

Winner of the Nobel Prize

9780226110035


Indian philosophy---Mexico
Indians of Mexico---First contact with europeans


Mexico---History---Conquest, 1519-1540
Mexico---Civilization----Indian influences

F1230 / .L3413 1993

LAS 972.018 LEC