On the Plain of Snakes [electronic resource] : A Mexican Road Trip
Paul Theroux2019
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Winner of the Stanford Dolman Lifetime Contribution to Travel Writing Award 2020
The master of contemporary travel writing, Paul Theroux, immerses himself in the
beautiful and troubled heart of modern Mexico
Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America.
A forty-foot steel fence runs through its centre, separating the prosperous US
side from the impoverished Mexican side. It is a fascinating site of tension,
now more than ever, as the town fills with hopeful border crossers and the
deportees who have been caught and brought back. And it is here that Paul
Theroux will begin his journey into the culturally rich but troubled heart of
modern Mexico.
Moving through the deserts just south of the Arizona border, Theroux finds a
place brimming with charm, yet visibly marked by both the US border patrol
looming to the north and mounting discord from within. Attending local language
and culinary schools, driving through the country and meeting...
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Author:
Paul Theroux, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (304 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780241977538
Language:
English
BRN:
433276
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