In the Eye of the Sun: Mexican Fiestas - Softcover

In The Eye Of The Sun Mexican Fiestas is an illustrated book on the preparations and rituals of Mexican fiestas. From costume preparation to wood carving and flower weaving, to animal selection and its sacrifice.

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clzio, recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born to Mauritian parents in 1940, in Nice. At age eight the family moved to Nigeria, and on the long voyage Le Clzio began his authorial career with two short novels and a prospectus of forthcoming titles. Returning to Nice at age ten, he was awarded a Bachelor's Degree from Institut d'tudes Littraires and a Doctorate from the University of Aix-en-Provence. Le Clzio is the author of more than thirty adult and children's titles, including his breakthrough 1980 novel, The Desert, and The Prospector.

"The best American essayist."-Village Voice

Richard Rodriguez is the author of Hunger of Memory, Brown, and Days of Obligation. He is a fellow of New America Media. He was a long-time contributor to PBS and continues to write for Harper's Magazine and the Los Angeles Times. He lives in San Francisco.

Geoff Winningham holds the Lynette S. Autrey Chair in the Humanities at Rice University, where he has taught since 1969. He has published twelve books, including, most recently, Going Back to Galveston: Nature, Funk and Fantasy in a Favorite Place. His photographs are in many collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Whitliff Collections.

Geoff Winningham holds the Lynette S. Autrey Chair in the Humanities at Rice University, where he has taught since 1969. He has published twelve books, including, most recently, Going Back to Galveston: Nature, Funk and Fantasy in a Favorite Place. His photographs are in many collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Whitliff Collections.

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clzio, recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born to Mauritian parents in 1940, in Nice. At age eight the family moved to Nigeria, and on the long voyage Le Clzio began his authorial career with two short novels and a prospectus of forthcoming titles. Returning to Nice at age ten, he was awarded a Bachelor's Degree from Institut d'tudes Littraires and a Doctorate from the University of Aix-en-Provence. Le Clzio is the author of more than thirty adult and children's titles, including his breakthrough 1980 novel, The Desert, and The Prospector.