Dear
Reader,
You really can
"hear a country speak." If you've been, if you're planning to
go, or even if you only dream about visiting Mexico, this
book in the words of the Los
Angeles Times "will open your eyes, fill you
with pleasure and render our perennial vecinos a little
less distante."
As a translator and a writer myself, I selected 24
works by some of Mexico's finest contemporary writers to
provide you with a taste of this magnificent and astonishingly
diverse culture and, at the same time, a rollicking journey from
the U.S.-Mexico border to Mexico City, Oaxaca, the Bajio, Yucatan,
Baja California and so much more.
To quote Mexico Connect, Mexico: A Traveler's
Literary Companion is "like opening a door and walking
into a brightly lit room filled with all kinds of literary treasures."
I invite you to visit the book's webpage,
where you can view the table of contents, read the preface and
an extraordinary short story by Agustin Cadena. Published as
part of the prestigious "Traveler's Literary Companion"
series by Whereabouts Press, the book is available from fine
bookstores throughout the United States and also many in
Mexico. It is also available from all
major on-line bookstores, including indie.org and amazon.com.
Feliz viaje!
C.M. Mayo |