Sliced Iguana

Travels in Mexico

Isabella Tree (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2002 | New edition
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-028114-9 (ISBN)

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A journey into the heart of Mexico, travelling among five completely different, very colourful cultures. The author recounts taking part in Shamanic rituals in war-torn Chiapas; revelling with the transvestites and matriarchs of Juchitan; and spending Easter with self-flagellating penitents.

Drawn to Mexico by her powerful curiosity about this ancient land, Isabella Tree embarks on a journey to get to the heart of its complex and colourful culture. She takes part in shamanic rituals with the Maya; revels through the night with transvestites in Juchitan; awaits spirits in an ancient graveyard on Lake Patzcuaro; joins an Indian pilgrimage in the Sierra Madre; and spends a bloodthirsty Easter among self-flagellating penitents. In showing the stark realities and ancient mysticism, the tenderness and violence to be found in modern Mexico, Isabella Tree has written the perfect evocation of this country of extremes.

Isabella Tree was born in 1964 and lives in West Sussex. Her last book, Islands in the Clouds: Travels in the Highlands of New Guinea, was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Award. She was the overall winner of the Travelex Travel Writers' Awards in 1999. She is also the author of The Ruling Passion of John Gould.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.7.2002
Zusatzinfo	map
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	128 x 198 mm
Gewicht	248 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Bildbände ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
ISBN-10	0-14-028114-2 / 0140281142
ISBN-13	978-0-14-028114-9 / 9780140281149
Zustand	Neuware