A real breakthrough in the way we view and understand ourselves and our culture "The Other in the Mirror: A Personal View of Us Mexicans" presents a different, extraordinarily coherent and comprehensive overview of the present day Mexicans in our ways of being and doing; of interacting with others and with ourselves; and our strategies for facing and surviving the surrounding reality we live in.The essay explores, as faces or sides of a single unitary prism, aspects such as uncertainty; legislation and laws; time and its management; ingenuity, impunity and death; and the importance concrete, touchable things and the here-and-now have in our daily life.Un verdadero parteaguas en la manera de ver y comprender al mexicano y su cultura, "El otro en el espejo: Una visi n personal del mexicano" presenta una visi n diferente, extraordinariamente coherente e integral del mexicano actual en sus modos ser y de hacer; de relacionarse con los dem s y consigo mismo; y de sus estrategias para enfrentar y sobrevivir la realidad circundante en la que est inmerso. El ensayo explora, como caras de un mismo prisma unitario, aspectos tales como la incertidumbre; la legislaci n y las leyes; el tiempo y su manejo; el ingenio, la impunidad y la muerte; as como la importancia que tienen para la vida diaria lo concreto, y el aqu y el ahora.
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