Drama. Stein's memorable play MEXICO was first printed in the groundbreaking 1922 collection GEOGRAPHY AND PLAYS, a book which represents one of the best of the modernist experiments. Stein wrote MEXICO in 1916 upon her and Alice Toklas's return from the Mallorcan countryside where they had gone to escape the war. Although clearly without plot or sustained narrative, the play — seldom actually about Mexico — does present images of travel, making the quick linguistic leaps and associations that Stein became known for. Among the many titles by Gertrude Stein available from SPD are A STEIN READER, HISTORY OR MESSAGES FROM HISTORY, and EVERYBODY'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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