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Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 416
Utgivningsdatum: 2007-12-18
Förlag: Random House Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780307414618

Around the Bloc E-bok

Name: Around the Bloc
Price: 71.00 SEK
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Author: Stephanie Elizondo Griest
ISBN: 9780307414618

My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana

av Stephanie Elizondo Griest

E-bok (LCP), Engelska, 2007-12-18

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Desperate to escape South Texas, Stephanie Elizondo Griest dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent. So she headed to Russia looking for some excitement—commencing what would become a four-year, twelve-nation Communist bloc tour that shattered her preconceived notions of the “Evil Empire.” In Around the Bloc, Griest relates her experiences as a volunteer at a children’s shelter in Moscow, a propaganda polisher at the office of the Chinese Communist Party’s English-language mouthpiece in Beijing, and a belly dancer among the rumba queens of Havana. She falls in love with an ex-soldier who narrowly avoided radiation cleanup duties at Chernobyl, hangs out with Cuban hip-hop artists, and comes to difficult realizations about the meaning of democracy. is the absorbing story of a young journalist driven by a desire to witness the effects of Communism. Along the way, she learns the Russian mathematical equation for buying dinner-party vodka (one bottle per guest, plus an extra), stumbles upon Beijing’s underground gay scene, marches with 100,000 mothers demanding Elián González’s return to Cuba, and gains a new appreciation for the Mexican culture she left behind.

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