On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel

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  • Author : Tony Cohan
  • Binding : Paperback
  • EAN : 9780767903196
  • ISBN : 0767903196
  • Label : Broadway Books
  • Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
  • Manufacturer : Broadway Books
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Number Of Pages : 304
  • Package Dimensions : 0.80 inches (Height) x 7.90 inches (Length) x 0.60 pounds (Weight) x 5.10 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : Book
  • Publication Date : 2001-01
  • Publisher : Broadway Books
  • SKU : 1200189338
  • Studio : Broadway Books

In the mid-1980s, Tony Cohan and his artist wife, Masako, decided that they had had enough of the hectic pace and congenital insecurities of life in Los Angeles, and made tracks for the historical town of San Miguel de Allende in central Mexico. At first they rented rooms in a hotel. Then, when the hotel became less appealing, they graduated to renting an apartment. Almost inevitably, they eventually found themselves buying a 250-year-old hacienda on the verge of collapse, with wonderfully elegant Spanish colonial architecture and a garden brimming with papayas, avocados and custard apples. What followed was a love affair with a country and its people that has endured, and On Mexican Time is a lyrical attempt to capture the Mexican magic that bewitched the two of them. Cohan introduces us to a quirky cast of Mexicans and ex-pats, including murderers, idealists, philanderers and writers. Spanning fifteen years, the book conveys something of the curiously intangible passage of time, as we watch girls become mothers, marriages drift apart and friends come and go. The text is also rich with sensuousness, and Cohan is excellent at conveying the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of a country which he clearly adores. On Mexican Time is much less of a glib chronicle than other books of the "charming new life in paradise" genre. Although he is not averse to the odd moment of portentousness, Cohan is a gentle and elegant guide through the history and experience of Mexico.--Toby Green

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