A Visit to Don Otavio: A Traveller's Tale from Mexico
- ISBN-10
- 0907871054
- ISBN-13
- 9780907871057
- Series
- A Visit to Don Otavio
- Pages
- 318
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- Eland
- Author
- Sybille Bedford
Description
Begins on Grand Central Station, continues with a nightmarish train journey, and then reveals the landscapes and peoples of Mexico. The highlight of this book is the author's stay with Don Otavio, a bankrupt squire still inhabiting his lakeside house, with 17 servants to wait on him.
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