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Octavio Paz: The monkey grammarian (1981, Seaver Books, Distributed by Grove Press) 3 stars

Review of 'The monkey grammarian' on Goodreads

3 stars

A short walk, pilgrimage, a questioning of the distance language puts between us, the permanence of slipping shifting nearing... there are parts of this that are wonderful koan-like contradiction, parts that are delicate descriptive poetry, parts that will frustrate any of us for getting nowhere.