![]() It was mined by the Spanish first, and then in the 1800s, the British came and they started mining there. It's called Real del Monte or Mineral del Monte. The direct inspiration for this novel was a real town in Mexico that is located in kind of the middle part of the country in the mountains. ![]() Why did you decide to set this in Mexico, and what does that do to alter the genre? Most classic Gothic novels take place in Europe, with a few exceptions. She likes dancing and parties and pretty boys and having fun. One reason why she decides to go to the mountains to take a look at her cousin is because she's promised the opportunity of going to university to continue her studies if she does that, as a sort of exchange. She is going to university and wants to pursue a master's degree, but her family has been reluctant to allow it. She is very intelligent and well educated. Noemà Taboada is a socialite from Mexico City. What happens next is pretty typical of Gothic literature: girl arrives at creepy isolated mansion, girl realizes the vibes are way off, girl devises a plan to GTFO. Set in 1950s Mexico, Mexican Gothic is the story of NoemÃ, a young woman who gets summoned to a small mountain mining town to check up on her ailing cousin, who has recently been married off to a handsome and mysterious Englishman. Unfortunately, that also turned out to be accurate.) I was also warned by NPR books editor Petra Mayer that I would never look at mushrooms the same way. (Prior to starting, I had been warned that I would not be able to stop reading until I finished the book. I read Mexican Gothic on a Saturday night this summer, curled up on my couch with a cider and a tray of cookies. First up, we have a conversation with Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Mexican Gothic. We'll be sharing interviews with those authors throughout the week. This week on the Code Switch podcast, we tried to settle a months-long debate we've been having on the team : Which kind of books are best to read during the pandemic? Ones that help you escape our current reality? Or ones that connect you to it on a deeper level? In doing so, we got a chance to catch up with the authors of some of our favorite pandemic reads.
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