Horizontal vertigo : a city called Mexico / Juan Villoro ; translated from the Spanish by Alfred MacAdam.

"Horizontal Vertigo: the title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes, which led Mexicans to build their capital city outward rather than upward. With the perspicacity of a keenly observant flâneur, Villoro wanders through the city seemingly without a plan, describing people, places, and t...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Vértigo horizontal. English
Main Author: Villoro, Juan, 1956- (Author)
Other Authors: Mac Adam, Alfred J., 1941- (Translator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Spanish
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, [2021]
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Mexico City (Mexico) > Civilization > 21st century.
Mexico City (Mexico) > Social life and customs > 21st century.
Civilization.
Manners and customs.
Mexico > Mexico City.
HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
2000-2099
Physical Description:xi, 346 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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