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Dear Reader,



      You really
      can "hear a country speak." If you've been, if you're planning to
      go, or even if you only dream about visiting Mexico, this
      book — in the words of the Los
      Angeles Times— "will open your eyes, fill you
      with pleasure and render our perennial vecinos a little
      less distante." 



      As a translator and a writer myself, I selected 24
      works by some of Mexico's finest contemporary writers to
      provide you with a taste of this magnificent and astonishingly
      diverse culture and, at the same time, a rollicking journey from
      the U.S.-Mexico border to Mexico City, Oaxaca, the Bajio, Yucatan,
      Baja California— and so much more. 



      To quote Mexico Connect, Mexico: A Traveler's
      Literary Companion is "like opening a door and walking
      into a brightly lit room filled with all kinds of literary treasures."



      I invite you to visit
      the book's webpage, where you can view the table of contents,
      read the preface and an extraordinary short story by Agustin
      Cadena. Published as part of the prestigious "Traveler's
      Literary Companion" series by Whereabouts Press, the book
      is available from fine bookstores
      throughout the United States and also many in Mexico. It is also
      available from all major on-line
      bookstores, including indie.org and amazon.com. 



      ¡Feliz viaje!

      
.................................................................C.M. MAYO

      



      

        

          
"It
            will open your eyes, fill you with pleasure and render our perennial
            vecinos a little less distante." 

            Los Angeles Times Book Review