The Condor and the Cows book cover

Post-War South America Classic

Travel Writing

The Condor and the Cows

by Christopher Isherwood

In September 1947, long before mass tourism and with no knowledge of Spanish, Christopher Isherwood and William Caskey left for a six-month tour of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.


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About the book

The Condor and the Cows is Isherwood's unsentimental and wonderfully rich account of that journey, during which he bumped into a handful of old acquaintances on a brand-new continent. With an introduction by Pico Iyer.

Book details

Published by Vintage Publishing

Paperback ISBN: 9780099561187 23 May 2013 198 x 132 x 25 (mm) 298g