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The Urban Circus: Travels with Mexico's Malabaristas (Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature))
Catriona Rainsford
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Description for The Urban Circus: Travels with Mexico's Malabaristas (Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature))
Paperback. Urban Circus - Holiday reads and travel literature by Catriona Rainsford exploring the world of Mexican malabaristas or circus performers and her journeys with them. Also a discussion about hand-to-mouth travel, this narrative includes stories of the Mexican streets, its urban poor, indigenous culture and ancient wandering entertainer traditions. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 336. Travels with Mexico's Malabaristas. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). 296 pages, 1 map. A story that opens in Chihuahua, North Mexico, with a chance meeting with a group of itinerant Mexican street performers. Entranced by their stories and free-roaming lifestyle, the author decides to go with them on what becomes a two-year, hand-to-mouth journey across Mexico. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WTL. Dimension: 204 x 143 x 21. Weight: 336.
The story opens in Chihuahua, North Mexico, with a chance meeting with a group of itinerant Mexican street performers. Entranced by their stories and free-roaming lifestyle, author Catriona Rainsford decides to go with them on what becomes a two-year, hand-to-mouth journey across Mexico, learning to live off nothing more than a few performance skills, initiative and the kindness of strangers. Compelling, humorous, sometimes violent, and full of wonderful descriptions of life on the road, this is also a discussion of the morality of hand-to-mouth travel. Packed with stories of the characters she meets on the Mexican streets, the ... Read more
The story opens in Chihuahua, North Mexico, with a chance meeting with a group of itinerant Mexican street performers. Entranced by their stories and free-roaming lifestyle, author Catriona Rainsford decides to go with them on what becomes a two-year, hand-to-mouth journey across Mexico, learning to live off nothing more than a few performance skills, initiative and the kindness of strangers. Compelling, humorous, sometimes violent, and full of wonderful descriptions of life on the road, this is also a discussion of the morality of hand-to-mouth travel. Packed with stories of the characters she meets on the Mexican streets, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bradt Travel Guides
Condition
New
Series
Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature)
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841624440
SKU
V9781841624440
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Ref
99-15
About Catriona Rainsford
After travelling to India on leaving school, Catriona intended to make a life for herself in Asia until an injury forced her to return to the UK. A promise made at closing time in a Cambridge pub then took her to Mexico, where a chance meeting began her journey with Mexican street performers. Catriona is currently living in London while ... Read more
Reviews for The Urban Circus: Travels with Mexico's Malabaristas (Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature))
'A wild and extraordinary book...Highly recommended, but I'd rather read than live it.' CONDE NAST TRAVELLER 'I wouldn't be surprised if this fast-paced, vivid description of an otherwise closed world wins her another award' ANTHONY SATTIN, SUNDAY TIMES 'Rainsford writes like an angel and there are lovely touches throughout the book...Beautifully writen account of a traumatised country' FORTEAN ... Read more