Sliced Iguana
Author | : Isabella Tree |
Publisher | : Tauris Parke Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2008-01-30 |
ISBN-10 | : UCSC:32106019536843 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Sliced Iguana written by Isabella Tree and published by Tauris Parke Paperbacks. This book was released on 2008-01-30 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind the facade of sombreros and tequila, tourist traps and holiday resorts, there lies a very different Mexico. In Sliced Iguana, Isabella Tree finds a town controlled by arm-wrestling matriarchs and party-mad transvestites and in war-torn Chiapas she discovers shamans worshipping Mayan gods inside Catholic churches and conducting exorcisms with the aid of Pepsi. This is a story of Mexico like no other, capturing the essence of its psyche and illuminating the struggles and hopes of a people and a country on the cusp of change.