Travelers' Tales Mexico: True Stories (Travelers' Tales Guides) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1885211597 ISBN 13: 9781885211590

Publisher: Travelers' Tales, 2001

Synopsis

Melting pot,” a phrase inevitably associated with the United States, may be even more applicable to Mexico, where ancient civilizations merge with modern cultures in a cross-current of peoples, languages and dialects, art and music, religions, hidden cosmologies, and fabled ruins. Travelers’ Tales Mexico explores this deep diversity in essays by important writers who have experienced it firsthand. On his journey south of the border, Carlos Fuentes reveals layer upon layer of history in Mexico City’s town square; Alice Adams discovers her love for Frida Kahlo’s work; Pete Hamill unearths the ghosts of Hollywood in Puerto Vallarta; and Mary Morris moves to San Miguel to find a writer’s life. Travelers’ Tales Mexico is a lyrical reminder of why it’s both a pleasure and a necessity to visit this magnificent country.

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Review:

"...cuts into the soul of Mexico...your own soul will be dredged if you’ve spent any time in Mexico." -- El Paso Times

"...provides a taste, smell and feel of Mexico with superb writing." -- Travel Diary (Canadian Travel radio show)

"Travelers’ Tales Mexico captures the country’s ancient past and rich present with over 40 stories, creating a literary journey." -- Plus

"Travelers’ Tales Mexico is intriguing, instructive, inspiring and hilarious--just like Mexico." -- Lonely Planet

About this edition

• Publisher: Travelers' Tales
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1885211597
• ISBN 13: 9781885211590
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: O'Reilly James, Habegger Larry