by Octavio Paz · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432211119
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«La llama doble» is the essay by Octavio Paz, published by Seix Barral in paperback (221 pages, in Spanish).
Essay in which Octavio Paz traces the history of the amorous feeling through three planes: sexuality as original fire, eroticism as its cultural elaboration, and love as the flame that sustains them. The author connects myth, literature and everyday experience to reflect on one of the central axes of human existence.
It belongs to the Biblioteca Breve collection from Seix Barral. The essay was written between March and April 1993.
Suitable for readers of essays and literature in Spanish who want to delve into Octavio Paz's thought on love and eroticism.
Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican philosopher, poet, and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature.
