Its title derives from its opening claim that humans feel that their existence is "untransferable and precious" and that "Man is the only being who knows he is alone."
The sequel to this work claims that Lawrence's The Plumed Serpent is the best treatment of the Quetzcoatl myth and disputes Levi-Strauss on poetry's translatability. A late section of it cites Breton's Mad Love to claim that romantic love is not a free choice, while another discusses the difference between the sector of technicians and the Industrial Revolutionary Party. Its title derives from its opening claim that humans feel that their existence is "untransferable and precious" and that "Man is the only being who knows he is alone." Written by the author of "Sunstone," for 10 points, name this collection of essays published in 1950, best-known for its analysis of machismo in "Mexican Masks," by Octavio Paz.
The sequel to this work claims that Lawrence's The Plumed Serpent is the best treatment of the Quetzcoatl myth and disputes Levi-Strauss on poetry's translatability.
The {Labyrinth of Solitude} [or El{ labertino de la soledad}]