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Around the Bloc : My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana
de Griest, Stephanie Elizondo
- Usado
- Estado
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812967607
- ISBN 13
- 9780812967609
- Librería
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Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
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Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Sinopsis
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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- Better World Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 8228572-6
- Título
- Around the Bloc : My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana
- Autor
- Griest, Stephanie Elizondo
- Estado del libro
- Used - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0812967607
- ISBN 13
- 9780812967609
- Editorial
- Random House Publishing Group
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, Ny, U.s.a.
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 2004-03-09
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