On Mexican Time
Subtitle: A New Life in San Miguel
Publisher: Broadway
Published: January 11, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780767903189
Subjects: San Miguel de Allende (Mexico); Mexico; Description and travel; Biography & Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Social life and customs; San Miguel de Allende; Travel / Essays & Travelogues; Cohan, Tony; General; Homes and haunts
First sentence: JANUARY 1985. THERE IS NO AIRPORT directly serving San Miguel de Allende.
Description: "When Los Angeles novelist Tony Cohan and his artist wife, Masako visited central Mexico one winter, they fell under the spell of a place where the pace of life is leisurely, the cobblestone streets and sun-splashed plazas are enchanting, and the sights and sounds of daily fiestas fill the air. Awakened to needs they didn't know they had, they returned to California, sold their house, and cast off for San Miguel de Allende.

On Mexican Time is Cohan's passionate, evocatively written memoir of how he and his wife found a new home - and a new lease on life - in this charming sixteenth-century hill town.".

"From peso devaluations and water shortages to the romantic entanglements of their handyman and the local legend of a man who was "killed twice," On Mexican Time captures the indelible characters, little tragedies, and curious incidents of life in a distinctive Mexican town. At the same time if enfolds readers in the delights of one of the world's most desirable travel destinations."--BOOK JACKET.