Earl Shorris
The Life and Times of Mexico
"A work of scope and profound insight
into the divided soul of Mexico."
—History Today
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MEXICO is a grand narrative
driven by 3,000 years of history: the Indian world,
the Spanish invasion, Independence, the 1910 Revolution,
the tragic lives of workers in assembly plants
along the border, and the experiences of millions of
Mexicans who live in the United States. Mexico is
seen here as if it were a person, but in the Aztec
way—the mind, the heart, the winds of life—and on
every page there are portraits and stories: artists,
shamans, teachers, a young Maya political leader—
the rich few and the many poor.
"Earl Shorris shapes the history of Mexico not as
a mere chronology of events but as a collective geography
of the country's people."—San Francisco Chronicle
"A superb portrait of Mexico, a nation still in the
process of being built. . . . As useful in its time as
Alan Riding's Distant Neighbors was 20 years ago."—
Kirkus Reviews
EARL SHORRIS is the author of Under the
Fifth Sun: A Novel of Pancho Villa, Latinos: A Biography
of the People, In the Language of Kings: An
Anthology of Mesoamerican Literature (with Miguel
León-Portilla), and many other books. He
received the National Humanities Medal and
the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle. He
lives in New York City and San Francisco.
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