Socialist Dreams and Beauty Queens : A Couchsurfer's Memoir of Venezuela

By (author) Maslin, Jamie

Couchsurfer, hitchhiker, and rogue wanderer Jamie Maslin embarks on a couchsurfing adventure to the homeland of "firebrand," "populist," "anti-American" president Hugo Chavez: the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Alone in the crime capital of the world Maslin immediately finds himself in trouble--arrested by knife-wielding police officers and inoculated with an unwanted vaccination. After a terrifying start in Caracas, he soon leaves the teeming city and travels to the places tourists never see, staying on the couches of people he befriended online just days earlier, and meeting everyone from fervent social revolutionaries to the country's wealthy elite. He sets off in search of mile-high waterfalls, flat topped jungle plateaus, rolling deserts, and the famous lightning that appears suddenly in the sky with no rain or thunder. Visiting sprawling slums and opulent mansions, Maslin offers a fascinating and timely social, cultural, and histori- cal introduction to a country increasingly in the headlines. Often irreverent, frequently informative, and habitually funny, this is the remarkable account of a young adventurer's journey through a breathtakingly beautiful and dynamic country where the politics of oil and social revolution are never far from the surface. 24 full-color photographs

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書名 Socialist Dreams and Beauty Queens : A Couchsurfer's Memoir of Venezuela
著作者等 Maslin, Jamie
書名別名 A Couchsurfer's Memoir of Venezuela
出版元 Skyhorse Publishing
刊行年月 2011.06.01
ページ数 284 ppp
大きさ H229 x W155
ISBN 9781616082215
言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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