Earl Shorris (1936-2012) is the author of many works of both fiction and non-fiction including Latinos, Under the Fifth Sun, In the Language of Kings, and Riches for the Poor. He was awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Clinton for his founding of the Clemente Course in the Humanities(R), Inc.
"Expansive, creative, and nuanced."
*Megan Harlan - San Francisco Chronicle*
"Magisterial and intimate, panoramic and close up, historical and
novelistic, The Life and Times of Mexico is a magnum opus in every
sense, the peak but not the end of Shorris's long career of
interpreting the otherness that lives alongside and inside our
borders."
*Ronald Christ - The New Mexican*
"Expansive, creative, and nuanced." -- Megan Harlan - San Francisco
Chronicle
"Magisterial and intimate, panoramic and close up, historical and
novelistic, The Life and Times of Mexico is a magnum
opus in every sense, the peak but not the end of Shorris's
long career of interpreting the otherness that lives alongside and
inside our borders." -- Ronald Christ - The New Mexican
Shorris undoubtedly brings to bear his skills as a novelist and a sociologist in a history of Mexico that ranges from the Aztecs to telenovelas. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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