The South American Diaries (1972-1973)
Autor John Hopkinsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2008
John Hopkins rescues Madeleine van Breughel from a crowd of angy Arabs, Moroccans, in one of Tangier's seediest neighborhood, they fall in love, Madeleine does not return to her husband and child living in equatorial Africa. They live in Amsterdam for a short period, return to Africa and then to get away from the heat, they take off for Mexico, Central and South America where they travel. This book chronicles that voyage, its exigencies, anxieties, pleasures, and is filled with abundant matter about the cirumstances they encounter across the entirety of the continent from Mexico to Chile. At certain junctures Madeleine returns to the Netherlands for family matters and John is left to his own devices. John had lived in Peru two decades earlier, is fluent in Spanish and is an acute observer of the scenes along the road.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780932274687
ISBN-10: 0932274684
Pagini: 235
Ilustrații: Maps
Dimensiuni: 114 x 175 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Cadmus Editions
ISBN-10: 0932274684
Pagini: 235
Ilustrații: Maps
Dimensiuni: 114 x 175 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Cadmus Editions
Notă biografică
John Hopkins has lived for extended periods in Peru, France, Morocco and England; he is the author of numerous books including The Attempt (Viking Press); Tangier Buzzless Flies (Atheneum); The Flight of the Pelican (North Point Press); In the Chinese Mountains: A Novel of Peru (Peter Owen); All I Wanted Was Company (Arcadia Books; and The Tangier Diaries, also published by Cadmus Editions.
He resides with his wife and children in Oxfordshire, England, in a house set aside by the English Arts Council for an American writer.
He resides with his wife and children in Oxfordshire, England, in a house set aside by the English Arts Council for an American writer.
Descriere
In 1971, John Hopkins wrote in his diary, "I need to go back to South America to reacquaint myself with the scene," a process which began in late 1972 and continued through 1973. Starting in Mexicali and heading southward with his companion, Madeleine van Breughal, Hopkins rediscovered the continent he had once known and attempted, unsuccessfully, to fall in love. The South American Diaries is the story of Hopkins's trip. Throughout, the nomad novelist blends shrewd insights with mordant wit, using historical facts and keen observations to understand the difficulties of self-exile and continually reassess what, if anything, he is gaining from his travels.
Told with a poetic intensity perfect for dissecting both the geography of the land he traverses and the failed love affair he pursues, The South American Diaries is a powerful, compelling work.
Told with a poetic intensity perfect for dissecting both the geography of the land he traverses and the failed love affair he pursues, The South American Diaries is a powerful, compelling work.