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Thomas More's
Magician
Utopia in Mexico
by Toby Green
Book 249 -
Price $11.95
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Hardcover book is in new condition, unread, dust
jacket in like new condition. Dust jacket shows no signs of wear on top and
bottom of spine edges. Inside of book pages are crisp and clean. Price stamp
from bookstore on front of dust jacket. Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson.
ISBN 0297829882. 340 pages long. 2005 edition. Approx. Size 9 by 6 x 1 ½.
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BOOK DESCRIPTION:
A fascinating, moving story, and...Toby Green tells it
very well. Travelling in Quiroga's footsteps, he beautifully describes the
austere landscapes of Spain and Mexico's water-dripping, flower-twined
lushness, a paradise about to be destroyed by the Spaniards and by the
cattle they imported. His imaginative reconstructions of Quiroga's life on
both sides of the Atlantic are carefully and subtly done.
In 1532, eleven years after the Spanish conquest, Mexico is in crisis. As
the conquistadors discover an earthly paradise, its peoples and their Gods
are being destroyed. This is a time of greed, uncertainty-and idealism.
Despairing of his surroundings, Vasco de Quiroga, a new member of the
Spanish ruling council, forges a commune on Mexico City's outskirts, using
Thomas More's book, Utopia, as his blueprint. As Toby Green explores
Quiroga's story, he begins to sense an eerie resonance between Quiroga's age
and our own. With vivid reconstructions of 16th-century Spain and Mexico,
the narrative becomes an account not only of Quiroga, but also of Utopia as
both an idea and a literary form.
A photo gallery of pictures from this book is shown below. Any
questions, please email me at
aldergrove@ppowner.com
   
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