Around the Bloc : My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana
de Stephanie Elizondo Griest
- Usado
- good
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812967607
- ISBN 13
- 9780812967609
- Librería
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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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 Elian Gonzalez's return to Cuba, and gains a new appreciation for the Mexican culture she left behind.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- G0812967607I3N00
- Título
- Around the Bloc : My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana
- Autor
- Stephanie Elizondo Griest
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 3
- ISBN 10
- 0812967607
- ISBN 13
- 9780812967609
- Editorial
- Random House Publishing Group
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, Ny, U.s.a.
- Fecha de publicación
- 2004
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