Marx for Beginners - Softcover

Rius

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0906386004 ISBN 13: 9780906386002

Publisher: Writers and Readers Ltd, 1976

Synopsis

Rius is the pen-name of Eduardo del Rio. I bought this book because I admired Rius' underground comix, but found it a very useful and informative introduction to the history and theory of communism. The drawings are witty and the book is a painless route to an understanding of this difficult subject: it is very funny! Published 1976 in London by Writers & Readers Publishing Cooperative (when and where I guess marxism was still a living philosophy!), a translation of the Mexican "Marx para Principantes".

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Review

-A superb little book in a most improbable format....I recommend it unreservedly for anyone who wants the rudiments of Marx from an engaging mentor....Rius on Marx is magnificent. He shows that pictures can amplify ideas, and that simplicity need not forgo subtlety.-
New York Times Book Review

"A superb little book in a most improbable format....I recommend it unreservedly for anyone who wants the rudiments of Marx from an engaging mentor....Rius on Marx is magnificent. He shows that pictures can amplify ideas, and that simplicity need not forgo subtlety."

New York Times Book Review

About the Author

RIUS is the pseudonym of Eduardo del Rio, the internationally acclaimed Mexican caricaturist and editorial cartoonist whose innovative work established a new field in comic strips: the political and documentary cartoon-book. He was chosen Best Editorial Cartoonist in Mexico in 1959, and in 1968 he received the Grand Prize of the International Salon of Caricature in Montreal. He currently lives and works in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Edition details

• Publisher: Writers and Readers Ltd
• Publication date: 1976
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN 10: 0906386004
• ISBN 13: 9780906386002
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160