{"product_id":"travels-extraordinaire-paul-schimmel-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Schimmel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1835431682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781835431689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Olympia Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.40d","brand":"Paul Schimmel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965576200447,"sku":"9781835431689","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f75d99a6-c5ac-49c2-a8d8-aff6355e2fa2.jpg?v=1767281469","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/travels-extraordinaire-paul-schimmel-9781835431689","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}