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Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Horizontal Vertigo: the title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes, which led Mexicans to build their capital city outward rather than upward. With the perspicacity of a keenly observant flâneur, Villoro wanders through the city seemingly without a plan, describing people, places, and things, while brilliantly drawing connections among them, the better to reveal, in all its multitudinous glory, the vicissitudes and triumphs of Mexico...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Con mirada atenta y pulso firme, Juan Villoro se desdobla en periodista, transe͠nte, comprador de plumas, adulto nost̀lgico, padre responsable, brigadista de emergencia, y nos ofrece un testimonio de las m͠ltiples experiencias que la capital mexicana depara a todos y cada uno de sus agremiados.
Collection of two decades' writing about Mexico City, combining personal stories with vivid evocations and chronicles.
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