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Yesterday's trainTerry Pindell, Lourdes Ramirez Mallis

Yesterday's train

Terry Pindell, Lourdes Ramirez Mallis
1997377 pages
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Yesterday's Train starts from a twisted tree at the shore near Veracruz - where according to local legend Cortes first chained his ships in 1519 - a place where the earth itself seems in protest. From there, Pindell and collaborator Lourdes Ramirez Mallis travel to the stunning extremes of Mexico's landscape while casting back through its past. From ancient Toltec myth and Aztec ritual to the recent crisis in Chiapas and the halls of Mexico City power, they explore the strange contradictions of Mexico's character. In Yesterday's Train, Terry Pindell brings us an odyssey through the most…

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3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 1998
    Owl Publishing Company · 400 pages · 9780805055986
  • Other · English · 2014
    Holt & Company, Henry · 9781466881747
  • Other · English · 1997
    Henry Holt and Co. · 377 pages · 9780805037913
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