Mexico: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (688 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812986717 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 656 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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BOMC main selection. His diverse ancestors include a 16th-century Mexican Indian queen who leads a women's revolt against human sacrifice, a Spanish scholar burned at the stake during the Inquisition, a Franciscan soldier-priest who accompanies Hernan Cortes to Mexico, a Virginia plantation proprietor who loses his wife and sons in the Civil War, and Clay's father, a silver-mine owner who participates in the Mexican Revolution. Norman Clay, earnest American journalist born and raised in Mexico, is sent to his native city in 1961 to cover a potentially deadly showdown be
Wilma Cashman said Mexico was a disappointment. Too much bullfighting history and not enough history. Michener's books are always well written and informative. However, Mexico was a disappointment. Too much bullfighting history and not enough history about the early development and growth.. A Painful Read! Intelligent Reader I've read Michener before--I loved "Hawaii," for instance, and really got a sense of place for Hawaii after reading that. But this doesn't do Mexico justice. It's mostly about bullfighting. And that would be okay, I guess, if it were an ENGAGING story about bullfighting, but it's not! Getting through it is an exercise in drudgery. Finally I gave up on the bulls and turned to the parts about ancie. doubler said Good history lesson if most facts are true. Very interesting. Good history lesson if most facts are true, plus I enjoyed the chapters regarding bull fighting.
Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. When an American journalist travels to report on the upcoming duel between two great matadors, he is ultimately swept up in the dramatic story of his own Mexican ancestry—from the brilliance and brutality of the ancients, to the iron fist of the invading Spaniards, to modern Mexico, fighting through dust and bloodshed to build a nation upon the ashes of revolution. Architectural splendors, frenzied bullfights, horrific human sacrifice: Michener weaves them all into an epic human story that ranks with the best of his beloved bestselling novels. Louis Post-Dispatch “A novel of epic proportions, abounding in visual and historical detail.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch. Michener, whose novels hurtle from the far reaches of history to the dark corners of the world, paints an intoxicating portrait of a land whose past and present are as turbulent, fascinating, and colorful as any other on Earth. Praise for Mexico “Michener the storyteller at his finest There are splendid and authentic scenes in the plaza de toros that are as dramatic a