{"product_id":"travels-extraordinaire-9781835431689","title":"Travels Extraordinaire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In 1979, waiting in a queue at the Greyhound station in San Diego for a ticket to Tijuana, Mexico, a burly Black American G.I. in front of me turns. 'Where y'all goin', son?'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Mexico, ' I reply.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Y'all never come out alive!'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I arrived in Tijuana, my first stop, I began to think his prediction might come true.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Schimmel is a retired psychoanalyst. This book is a compilation of anecdotes from a lifetime of travels, but the central part of the book comes to focus on the adventures that ensued during the author's three lengthy journeys in Mexico and Central America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Paul Schimmel's first collection of poetry, Reading the Water, (Steele Roberts, Aotearoa 2016): \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A richly woven collection which capably showcases Schimmel's love of language, symbolism and poetic craft.\" Siobhan Harvey, editor of NZ literary magazine Takahē at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Olympia Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51834682736914,"sku":"9781835431689","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eaea399b-b6cf-4bb2-b527-0b4e642df4ce.jpg?v=1767100020","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/travels-extraordinaire-9781835431689","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}