The labyrinth of solitude.

From: National Review | Date: November 15, 1985| Author: Mano, D. Keith | Copyright information

In 1950, when The Labyrinth of Solitude (to which the book of the same name under review is a belated appendage) first came out, it must have seemed a national indiscretion, as if Deng Xiaponing had spoken on infant exposure or Satyajit Ray about Delhi belly. Mexican men--need I remind you--are macho.

Which means, according to Octavio Paz, that they live in perpetual solitude. A hermetic tribe for whom "openness" is pur shame. The Mexican male will not confide or share ...

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