Mexico in Mind: An Anthology

Mexico in Mind: An Anthology

Two centuries of writers drawn to Mexicoâ€”from D. H. Lawrence, John Steinbeck, Jack Kerouac, and Tennessee Williams to Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, and Sandra Cisneros

This scintillating literary travel guide gathers the work of great writers celebrating Mexico in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Ranging from 1843 to the present, Mexico in Mind offers a remarkably varied sampling of English-speaking writersâ€™ impressions of the land south of the border.

John Reed rides with Pancho Villa in 1914; Graham Greene defends Mexicoâ€™s priests; Langston Hughes describes a bullfight; Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs find Mexico intoxicating; Alice Adams visits Frida Kahloâ€™s house; Ann Louise Bardach meets the mysterious Subcommandante Marcos face to face. Fictional accounts are equally vivid, including poems by Muriel Rukeyser, Archibald Macleish, and Sandra Cisneros, short stories by Katherine Anne Porter and Ray Bradbury, and excerpts from John Steinbeckâ€™s The Pearl, Tennessee Williamsâ€™ Night of the Iguana, and Salman Rushdieâ€™s The Ground Beneath Her Feet. From the bustle of Mexico City to coffee planations in remote Chiapas, from Mayan ruins to the markets at Oaxaca, the scenes evoked in this anthology reflect the rich variety of the place and its history, sure to enchant vacationers, expatriates, and armchair travelers everywhere.

Alice Adams â€¢ Ann Louise Bardach â€¢ Ray Bradbury â€¢ William S. Burroughs â€¢ Frances CalderÃ³n de la Barca â€¢ Ana Castillo â€¢ Sandra Cisneros â€¢ Anita Desai â€¢ Erna Fergusson â€¢ Charles Macomb Flandrau â€¢ Donna Gershten â€¢ Graham Greene â€¢ Langston Hughes â€¢ Fanny Inglehart â€¢ Gary Jennings â€¢ Diana Kennedy â€¢ Jack Kerouac â€¢ D. H. Lawrence â€¢ Malcolm Lowry â€¢ Archibald Macleish â€¢ RubÃ©n MartÃnez â€¢ Tom Miller â€¢ Katherine Anne Porter â€¢ John Reed â€¢ Luis Rodriguez â€¢ Richard Rodriguez â€¢ Muriel Rukeyser â€¢ Salman Rushdie â€¢ John Steinbeck â€¢ Edward Weston â€¢ Tennessee Williams
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780307274885
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2006-06-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307274885

Country	USA
Brand	Vintage
Manufacturer	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780307274885
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2006-06-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307274885

Mexico in Mind: An Anthology

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