At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig: Travels Through Paraguay [Idioma Inglés] - Hardcover

Gimlette, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1400041767 ISBN 13: 9781400041763

Verlag: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2004

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Reseña del editor:

A wildly humorous account of the author's travels across Paraguay - South America's darkly fabled, little-known "island surrounded by land."
Rarely visited by tourists and barely touched by global village sprawl, Paraguay remains a mystery to outsiders. Think of this small nation and your mind is likely to jump to Nazis, dictators, and soccer. Now John Gimlette's eye-opening book - equal parts travelogue, history, and unorthodox travel guide - breaches the boundaries of this isolated land and illuminates a little-understood place and its people.
Filled with bizarre incident, fascinating anecdote, and richly evocative detail, At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig is a description of a country of eccentricity and contradiction, of beguilingly individualistic men and women, and of unexpected and extraordinary beauty. It is a vivid, often riotous, always fascinating journey.

Biografía del autor:

John Gimlette is a practicing attorney in London, where he lives with his wife. He is a regular contributor of travel articles and photographs to Condé Nast Traveller, as well as other journals and newspapers in England. This is his first book.

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• Verlag: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1400041767
• ISBN 13: 9781400041763
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384