Katherine Anne Porter and Mexico: The Illusion of Eden

by Thomas F. Walsh

Book Overview

In 1920, an unknown journalist named Katherine Anne Porter first sojourned in Mexico. When she left her "familiar country" for the last time in 1931, she was the celebrated author of Flowering Judas and Other Stories and had accumulated a wealth of experiences and impressions that would inspire numerous short stories, essays, and reviews, as well as the opening section of her only novel, Ship of Fools.

In this perceptive study...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477305246
• ISBN13: 9781477305249
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"