On the Plain of Snakes
Winner of the Stanford Dolman Lifetime Contribution to Travel Writing Award 2020The master of contemporary travel writing, Paul Theroux, immerses himself in the beautiful and troubled heart of modern MexicoNogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America. A forty-foot steel fence runs through its centre, separating the prosperous US side from the impoverished Mexican side. It is a fascinating site of tension, now more than ever, as the town fills with hopeful border crossers and the deportees who have been caught and brought back. And it is here that Paul Theroux will begin his journey into the culturally rich b…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-241-26668-7
- EAN: 9780241266687
- Produktnummer: 23286545
- Verlag: Penguin Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 448 S.
- Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.4 cm x D4.0 cm 563 g
- Gewicht: 563
Über den Autor
Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, My Secret History and The Mosquito Coast. He won the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing 2020. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.
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