{"product_id":"pillar-of-salt-salvador-novo-9780292705418","title":"Pillar of Salt: An Autobiography, with 19 Erotic Sonnets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten with exquisite sensitivity and wit, this memoir by one of Mexico's foremost men of letters describes coming of age during the violence of the Mexican Revolution and \"living dangerously\" as an openly homosexual man in a brutally machista society.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSalvador Novo (1904-1974) was a provocative and prolific cultural presence in Mexico City through much of the twentieth century. With his friend and fellow poet Xavier Villaurrutia, he cofounded \u003ci\u003eUlises\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eContempor疣eos\u003c\/i\u003e, landmark avant-garde journals of the late 1920s and 1930s. At once \"outsider\" and \"insider,\" Novo held high posts at the Ministries of Culture and Public Education and wrote volumes about Mexican history, politics, literature, and culture. The author of numerous collections of poems, including \u003ci\u003eXX poemas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNuevo amor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEspejo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDue m卲\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoes僘 1915-1955\u003c\/i\u003e, Novo is also considered one of the finest, most original prose stylists of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePillar of Salt\u003c\/i\u003e is Novo's incomparable memoir of growing up during and after the Mexican Revolution; shuttling north to escape the Zapatistas, only to see his uncle murdered at home by the troops of Pancho Villa; and his initiations into literature and love with colorful, poignant, complicated men of usually mutually exclusive social classes. \u003ci\u003ePillar of Salt\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the codes, intrigues, and dynamics of what, decades later, would be called \"a gay ghetto.\" But in Novo's Mexico City, there was no name for this parallel universe, as full of fear as it was canny and vibrant. Novo's memoir plumbs the intricate subtleties of this world with startling frankness, sensitivity, and potential for hilarity. Also included in this volume are nineteen erotic sonnets, one of which was long thought to have been lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Salvador Novo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292705417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292705418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.90d","brand":"Salvador Novo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075995332863,"sku":"9780292705418","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_096eede7-2c58-4f8a-ab41-953f5912de4d.jpg?v=1685462592","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pillar-of-salt-salvador-novo-9780292705418","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}