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The Condor and the Cows
Christopher Isherwood
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Description for The Condor and the Cows
Paperback. In September 1947, long before mass tourism and with no knowledge of Spanish, the author and William Caskey left for a six-month tour of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. This title offers an account of that journey, during which he bumped into a handful of old acquaintances on a brand-new continent. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJPG; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PICO IYER
In September 1947, long before mass tourism and with no knowledge of Spanish, Christopher Isherwood and William Caskey left for a six-month tour of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. The Condor and the Cows is Isherwood’s unsentimental and wonderfully rich account of that journey, during which he bumped into a handful of old acquaintances on a brand-new continent.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099561187
SKU
V9780099561187
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About Christopher Isherwood
Christopher Isherwood was born in 1904. He began to write at university and later moved to Berlin, where he gave English lessons to support himself. He witnessed first hand the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany and some of his best works, such as Mr. Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin, draw on these ... Read more
Reviews for The Condor and the Cows
Entertaining
Boston Globe
Delightful
New York Times
Intelligent and sensitive
Good Book Guide
Boston Globe
Delightful
New York Times
Intelligent and sensitive
Good Book Guide