A visit to Don Otavio
Subtitle: a Mexican journey
By: Sybille Bedford ; introduction by Bruce Chatwin
Contributors: Bedford, Sybille, 1911-2006
Series: New York Review Books classics; New York Review Books classics
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781590179697
Subjects: Travel; Description and travel
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 1953 as The Sudden View: A Mexican Journey"--Title-page verso.
Table of contents: title: Part One. In search of a journey; title: New York to Nuevo Laredo; title: Mesa del Norte-Mesa Central-Valle de Mexico; title: Mexico City: First clash; title: Mexico City: Cimates and a dinner; title: Mexico City: The Baedker round; title: Coyacan: Tea and advice; title: Mexico City: The past and the present; title: Cuernavaca; title: Morelia/Pazcuaro-A hold-up; title: Money and the Tarrascan Indians; title: Guadalajara; title: Part Two. Don Otavio; title: San Pedro Tlayacan; title: A well-run house; title: Tea with Mr. Middleton; title: Le diner en musique; title: Mrs. Ralston's first appearance; title: Bridge with Mrs. Rawlston; title: Don Enriquez unfolds a plan; title: Doublecrossing; title: A family and a fortune; title: A party; title: Mazatlan: An ordeal; title: Part Three. Travels; title: Guanajuato or sic transit; title: Queretaro: A modest inn; title: The Emperor Maximilian at Queretaro; title: Cuernavaca-Acapulco-Taxco; title: Oaxaca: Mitla and Monte Alban; title: Oaxaca: Some agreeable people; title: Puebla: A general and a ship; title: Tuscueca: The last of the journeys; title: Part Four. The end of a visit; title: Return to San Pedro; title: Clouds; title: A trip to the jungle : Mr. Middleton wins; title: Local medicine; title: The best of all possible worlds.