A visit to Don Otavio : a Mexican journey / Sybille Bedford ; introduction by Bruce Chatwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bedford, Sybille, 1911-2006, author.

Series:

New York Review Books classics

Standardized Title:

Sudden view

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bedford, Sybille, 1911-2006--Travel--Mexico.

Bedford, Sybille.

Bedford, Sybille, 1911-2006.

Travel.

Mexico--Description and travel.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

xi, 368 pages : map ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York Review Books, 2016.

Contents:

Part One. In search of a journey

New York to Nuevo Laredo

Mesa del Norte-Mesa Central-Valle de Mexico

Mexico City: First clash

Mexico City: Cimates and a dinner

Mexico City: The Baedker round

Coyacan: Tea and advice

Mexico City: The past and the present

Cuernavaca

Morelia/Pazcuaro-A hold-up

Money and the Tarrascan Indians

Guadalajara

Part Two. Don Otavio

San Pedro Tlayacan

A well-run house

Tea with Mr. Middleton

Le diner en musique

Mrs. Ralston's first appearance

Bridge with Mrs. Rawlston

Don Enriquez unfolds a plan

Doublecrossing

A family and a fortune

A party

Mazatlan: An ordeal

Part Three. Travels

Guanajuato or sic transit

Queretaro: A modest inn

The Emperor Maximilian at Queretaro

Cuernavaca-Acapulco-Taxco

Oaxaca: Mitla and Monte Alban

Oaxaca: Some agreeable people

Puebla: A general and a ship

Tuscueca: The last of the journeys

Part Four. The end of a visit

Return to San Pedro

Clouds

A trip to the jungle : Mr. Middleton wins

Local medicine

The best of all possible worlds.

Notes:

Autobiographical.

Originaly published: London : Gollancz, 1953.

Other Format:

Online version: Bedford, Sybille, 1911-2006. Visit to Don Otavio.

ISBN:

9781590179697

1590179692

OCLC:

922630884