The tale begins at Grand Central Station with an impetuous decision, continues with a nightmarish train journey, and then reveals the landscapes and people of Mexico with such a light touch that even the dullest patch of history becomes fascinating Although Bedford is frank about the horrors of travel, the highlight is the author's idyllic stay with Don Otavio, a bankrupt squire still inhabiting his lakeside house with 17 servants to wait on him.
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"An absolutely first-class writer at the top of her powers" Mark Amory
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Sybille Bedford was born in Germany in 1911 and currently lives in London. She is perhaps best known as a novelist (Jigsaw was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989), but has also written extensively on the law, and wrote the authorised biography of her friend and mentor, Aldous Huxley, which Stephen Spender described as "one of the masterpieces of biography".
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I've enjoyed this travel book more than any I've read in a long time. Educational and enjoyable. Anyone who has done any traveling anywhere can have a good chuckle at the culture clashes that come from traveling in Mexico or any country where you're not familiar with the customs. These women weren't afraid of adventure and certainly found plenty of it! In spite of the frustrations of things not always going their way, they never resort to racial slurs or any real putdowns of the people they meet. And what a trip. They saw some of the most beautiful parts of Mexico before they've become over-run with tourists. I think the spirit in which they travel is something more people need when going to a foreign country. Go with the flow and everything will work out in the end. A wonderful read.
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Sublime. I am profoundly uninterested in Mexico, but it charmed my socks off. Wonderfully written. Up there in the clouds with Paula Fox, William Trevor, Alice Munro.
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No doubt one of the most satisfying book you could possibly find!You go back in a lost world, you travel for almost free, you plunge in a pool of humor, you learn some history. Your life will just got better. Read or steal as they said..
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THE UPPER part of Grand Central Station is large and splendid like the Baths of Caracalla. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Don Otavio, Don Enriquez, Mexico City, San Pedro, Doña Victoria, Don Luís, Doña Concepción, Don Jaime, Doña Anna, Vera Cruz, United States, New York, Aunt Isabella-Maria, Holy Week, Reform Laws, Madame Calderon, Santa Anna, Don Antonio, Don Masimiliano, Don Porfirio, Glass of Milk, Lake Chapala, Mme Crapaude, San Antonio, Sierra Madre New!
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THE UPPER part of Grand Central Station is large and splendid like the Baths of Caracalla. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Don Otavio, Don Enriquez, Mexico City, San Pedro, Doña Victoria, Don Luís, Doña Concepción, Don Jaime, Doña Anna, Vera Cruz, United States, New York, Aunt Isabella-Maria, Holy Week, Reform Laws, Madame Calderon, Santa Anna, Don Antonio, Don Masimiliano, Don Porfirio, Glass of Milk, Lake Chapala, Mme Crapaude, San Antonio, Sierra Madre New!
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- The Plumed Serpent (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence) by D. H. Lawrence on page 31, page 294, and page 295
- The Plumed Serpent by D. H. Lawrence on page 31, page 294, and page 295
- Aldous Huxley by Sybille Bedford in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- The Plumed Serpent (Dodo Press) by D H Lawrence on page 31, page 294, and page 295
- Mornings in Mexico by D. H. Lawrence on page 31, and page 294
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- The Reader's Companion to Mexico by Alan Ryan on 4 pages
- Jigsaw: An Unsentimental Education by Sybille Bedford in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- A Legacy: A Novel by Sybille Bedford in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- A Compass Error: A Novel by Sybille Bedford in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- A Favorite of the Gods by Sybille Bedford in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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