At the heart of the book is the Don Otavio of the title, the travelers’ gracious host, his garrulous family and friends, and his Edenic hacienda at Lake Chapala. Published in , A Visit to Don Otavio was an immediate success, “a travel book written by a novelist,” as Bedford described it, establishing her reputation as a nonpareil writer.4/5(35). · Don Octavio lived in splendor on his estate with his seventeen servants and provided the ladies with a variety of entertainments like horse riding and canoeing on the lake, plus visits to people in the area. Ms. Bedford doesn’t say how long they stayed with Don Otavio but it seems to have been for a good stretch of www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 6 mins. She stays in Don Otavio’s crumbling ancestral mansion, living a life of provincial ease and observing with glee the intense life of a Mexican neighbourhood. Bruised, Shocked, but Elated. Selina Hastings on Sybille Bedford, A Visit to Don Otavio. I first met Sybille Bedford in London in the early s when an old friend of mine, Patrick Woodcock, who at the time was Sybille’s doctor, invited us both to dinner.
At the heart of the book is the Don Otavio of the title, the travelers' gracious host, his garrulous family and friends, and his Edenic hacienda at Lake Chapala. Published in , A Visit to Don Otavio was an immediate success, "a travel book written by a novelist," as Bedford described it, establishing her reputation as a nonpareil writer. A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Odyssey ISBN: Format: pp demi pb Place: Mexico. Author Biography. Sybille Bedford was born in Germany before the First World War, of a German father and English mother of mixed, partly-Jewish, extraction. View basket "A Visit to Don Otavio Sybille Bedford Folio Society " has been added to your basket. Folio Society Founded in London in , The Folio Society publishes carefully crafted editions of the world's finest literature.
Sybille Bedford wrote about her year-long adventure in Mexico in , and her book, initially titled The Sudden View: A Mexican Journey, became a cl. A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Odyssey [] – ★★★★1/2. “The first impact of Mexico City is physical, immensely physical. Sun, Altitude, Movement, Smells, Noise. She stays in Don Otavio’s crumbling ancestral mansion, living a life of provincial ease and observing with glee the intense life of a Mexican neighbourhood. Bruised, Shocked, but Elated. Selina Hastings on Sybille Bedford, A Visit to Don Otavio. I first met Sybille Bedford in London in the early s when an old friend of mine, Patrick Woodcock, who at the time was Sybille’s doctor, invited us both to dinner. At the heart of the book is the Don Otavio of the title, the travelers’ gracious host, his.
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