Life in Mexico - Softcover

Calderón De La Barca, Frances; Borah, Woodrow

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520046625 ISBN 13: 9780520046627

Publisher: University of California Press, 1982

Synopsis

Originally published in 1843, Fanny Calderon de la Barca, gives her spirited account of living in Mexico–from her travels with her husband through Mexico as the Spanish diplomat to the daily struggles with finding good help–Fanny gives the reader an enlivened picture of the life and times of a country still struggling with independence.

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Review:

"The memoir of the Scottish-born Fanny Calderon de la Barca of her stay as a diplomat's wife in Mexico, published more than a century ago, is one of the most enduring, lighthearted and informative books ever written about that complicated country. Her "Life in Mexico describes a nation and a people just entering their third chaotic decade of independence. . . . She was an inspired an literate gadabout and a sharp-eyed, tart-tongued critic of manners and morals. She recorded her observations with fidelity, insight and wit."--"New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0520046625
• ISBN 13: 9780520046627
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560