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Ebook About In the mid-1940s, Sybille Bedford set off from Grand Central Station for Mexico, accompanied by her friend E., a hamper of food and drink (Virginia ham, cherries, watercress, a flute of bread, Portuguese rosé), books, a writing board, and paper. Her resulting travelogue captures the violent beauty of the country she visited. Bedford doesn’t so much describe Mexico as take the reader there—in second-class motor buses over thousands of miles, through arid noons and frigid nights, successions of comida corrida, botched excursions to the coast, conversations recorded verbatim, hilarious observations, and fascinating digressions into murky histories. At the heart of the book is the Don Otavio of the title, the travelers’ gracious host, his garrulous family and friends, and his Edenic hacienda at Lake Chapala. Published in 1953, A Visit to Don Otavio was an immediate success, “a travel book written by a novelist,” as Bedford described it, establishing her reputation as a nonpareil writer.Book A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Journey (New York Review Books Classics) Review :
At face value, A Visit to Don Otavio has its moments. Sometimes this book is funny, other times it’s interesting. The best parts of the book are the descriptions of the physical setting. Sybille Bedford describes her 1950's Mexico with clarity. Her observations of Mazatlan were especially interesting given that this is a city that I have visited often some 50 years after her visit.Outside of the infrequent passages, however, the story skims over the top of most of the Mexican people. Bedford does not live among the poor or the working classes. In fact, she runs when faced with such prospects. Bedford essentially seeks out her own kind (middle-class European/Americans) and thinks that finding them is an adventure. Once found, her expatriate acquaintances confirm the stereotype of the lazy Mexican who is poor due to an inherent lack of initiative and a savage upbringing.Bedford tells of a country that lost its opportunity to thrive under the European installed emperor, Maximilian. To this end, the most favorably depicted Mexicans are those of Spanish descent (e.g. Don Otavio) whose families were established in privilege by colonial acts of favoritism. Most of the book is devoted to her stay with Don Otavio, who treats her with the somewhat royal respect that she obviously thinks she deserves.Missing from this story is any reasoning as to why the depicted stereotypes of the greater Mexican population exist. There's virtually no discussion of the exploitation of the native Mexicans by colonial rule. The book is devoid of contemplations regarding the effects of the concentration of wealth in the hands of the appointed few. There is no consideration that the series of revolutions may have been ploys that were not in the best interests of the greater Mexican population.Yes, I am way off the mark in my expectations. After all, this is simple travelogue. But it’s important to note, especially in present times where those crossing the border are subject to similar impressions, that this book should not be considered a resource for an understanding of the Mexican people and their culture. An escape from the modern world. The descriptions of the onerous train trips and any kind of travel in that era are worth buying the book for. One of my favorite books Read Online A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Journey (New York Review Books Classics) Download A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Journey (New York Review Books Classics) A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Journey (New York Review Books Classics) PDF A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Journey (New York Review Books Classics) Mobi Free Reading A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Journey (New York Review Books Classics) Download Free Pdf A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Journey (New York Review Books Classics) PDF Online A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Journey (New York Review Books Classics) Mobi Online A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Journey (New York Review Books Classics) Reading Online A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Journey (New York Review Books Classics) Read Online Sybille Bedford Download Sybille Bedford Sybille Bedford PDF Sybille Bedford Mobi Free Reading Sybille Bedford Download Free Pdf Sybille Bedford PDF Online Sybille Bedford Mobi Online Sybille Bedford Reading Online Sybille BedfordRead Online Wild Ride (Powertools: Hot Rides Book 1) By Jayne Rylon
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