A Latin American Existentialist Ethos: Modern Mexican Literature and Philosophy by Stephanie Merrim (review).

The text focuses on the book *A Latin American Existentialist Ethos: Modern Mexican Literature and Philosophy*, which examines the reception and adaptation of European existentialism and Husserlian phenomenology within 20th-century Mexican literature and philosophy. It highlights the work of key figures such as the Grupo Hiperión, Rosario Castellanos, Octavio Paz, José Revueltas, Juan Rulfo, and Rodolfo Usigli, situating them in relation to the first Mexican translation of Heidegger's *Being and Time* by José Gaos. The book explores how these authors employed existentialist frameworks to address specific social, political, and cultural issues in Mexico, including gender, indigenism, Marxism, Christianity, and post-revolutionary politics. This study offers a novel aesthetic of reception that reconfigures the Mexican existentialist canon and suggests new directions for future research on these influential writers.