At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig - John Gimlette

At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig

Travels through Paraguay

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
400 Seiten
2004
Arrow Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-09-941655-5 (ISBN)
19,90 inkl. MwSt
Paraguay - the name conjures up everything most exotic and extreme in South America. But Paraguay, as revealed in this outstanding new travel book, is among the most beautiful and captivating countries in the world. Discover more about the unique traditions of South American culture through this fascinating piece of travel journalism.
Paraguay - the name conjures up everything most exotic and extreme in South America. It's a place of hellish jungles, dictators, fraudsters and Nazis, utopian experiments, missionaries and lurid coups. It's not a place for the timid tourist. It doesn't even have its own guidebook. But Paraguay, as revealed in this outstanding new travel book, is among the most beautiful and captivating countries in the world. The beguiling Paraguayans, despised and feared by their neighbours, are unfathomable. They adore Diana, Princess of Wales, as if she were still alive and hundreds volunteered to fight for Britain in the Falklands War. Their politics are Byzantine but when the Vice-President is murdered, they call in Scotland Yard. Discover more about the unique traditions of South American culture through this fascinating piece of travel journalism.

Although this is his first book, John Gimlette is already well established as a travel journalist, having won the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize for an essay which has led to this book, and the Wanderlust Travel Writing Award. He writes regularly for the Telegraph. When not deep in the jungles of Paraguay he practises as a barrister in London. He is currently writing his second book, Theatre of Fish: Travels through Newfoundland and Labrador.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 5.2.2004
Zusatzinfo 16
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 277 g
Themenwelt Reisen Reiseberichte Südamerika
Reiseführer Südamerika Paraguay
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 0-09-941655-7 / 0099416557
ISBN-13 978-0-09-941655-5 / 9780099416555
Zustand Neuware
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