The Days Of Ofelia

Boston: Houghton,Mifflin Company 1942 (1942) An extraordinary narrative about Mexico that cuts through the surface and shows you the living people. Gertrude Diamant went to Mexico with guide-book in hand, to see the cathedrals and the fiestas. A chance meeting had aroused her interest in giving intelligence tests to Indians. She decided to stay awhile, went apartment hunting, and met the Escoto family, who turned out to be an aspect of Mexican life more interesting than anything yet. The author sat down to write the story of Ofelia Escoto and her family that others might meet the Mexicans as intimately and informally as she had. H.B. Parks, author of the definitive "History of Mexico", in part, wrote this about "The Days of Ofelia"...."It is amazingly well written, it has humor, it has charm and it conveys the flavor of Mexican life with extraordinary accuracy..." Endpapers make up an impressive two-page Mexican scene in color. This is a well-illustrated book with many full-page illustrations by the talented John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Bright orange cloth boards. Dark title print to front board and spine. No ownership markings.. Half-Leather. Very Good.