
Miraculous air
journey of a thousand miles through Baja California, the other Mexico
Edición de la obra Miraculous air
| Autor | C. M. Mayo |
|---|---|
| Editorial | University of Utah Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2002 |
| Lugar | Salt Lake City |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 389 |
| ISBN-10 | 0874807409 |
| OCLC | 49942912 |
| LCCN | 2002007147 |
| Número de Cutter | M473m |
"Desire took C. M. Mayo to Baja California again and again. But it was longing for understanding and for a sense of real connection that produced this exquisite book, a rare jewel in the literature of Mexico and of its little-known peninsula.". "Impassioned as a memoir, immediate as today's headlines, sweeping as the three centuries of history it traces, Miraculous Air unfolds before us, a deep map of place - rich, detailed, and nuanced. Cleaved from the Mexican mainland by the Sea of Cortes, separated from North America by a sea of cultural, economic, political, and historical difference, Baja California is, in the words of Fernando Jordan, "the other Mexico" - apart and strange. Nearly one thousand miles long, most of the peninsula is sand and rock; a labyrinth of sierra forms its spine, rising massive against the sky and the light-dazzled sea."--BOOK JACKET.