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Bad Times in Buenos Aires
A Writer's Adventures in Argentina
by Miranda France
ISBN: 0880016655
ISBN-13: 9780880016650
Format: Hardcover
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"...a rich, multifaceted portrait of a city that is at once glamorous, insufferable, haunted and decrepit." -- Mimi O'Connor
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published date: 1999
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.75 x 10 inches
Weight: 1.05 pounds
Pages: 209
Publisher's Notes
When Miranda France, a 26-year-old freelance journalist, arrives in Buenos Aires to live and work, she discovers a city in crisis. "People said the city was sinking," she writes. "Of the 300 brands of condoms in circulation, only eight were safe. The traffic was out of control . . . More than 2,000 bus drivers were found to be clinically depressed." After securing a dilapidated apartment with a permanently crossed telephone line, Miranda France starts her life as a foreigner in Argentina. At night, she learns the tango ("danced properly it should be as passionate and loveless as a one-night stand"). By day, she tries to acquire the knack of viveza criolla (artful lying) to crack the bureaucracy of the local library and explores the legend of Evita Peron and her well-traveled corpse. During her stay, France encounters first-hand the choas and deep melancholy of the Argentine capital. Buenos Aires is, after all, a city where elegant street cafes overlook local workmen grilling hunks of beef on the curb for lunch; where rats outnumber humans eight to one; where investigative television programs look closely at the trend of rising hemlines; where a nationwide shortage of coins causes trips to the supermarket to end in squabbles over small change; where almost everyone France meets is in therapy (Buenos Aires has three times as many analysts per person as New York). Bad Times in Buenos Aires is a brilliant blend of humor, personal narrative, and rich historical background -- including a chilling interview with an army officer from the Dirty War. Winner of the prestigious Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize for travel writing, Miranda France has written an insightful, vivid, and often laugh-out-loud account of daily life in the "Paris of the South."
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Bad Times In Buenos Aires
Miranda France
Ecco. Used - Good. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 1999. Hardcover. 1st ed. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. Some rubbing on cover. Cover has some wear on edges. ( more information) Offered by Experienced Books LLC (United States)
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Bad Times In Buenos Aires
France, Miranda
Hopewell, N.J.: Ecco. January 1, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A highly collectible first edition/printing, tight clean copy, protected in a new brodart wrapper, no inscriptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition. France, who moved to Buenos Aires in 1993 as a freelance journalist, entwines personal recollections with research and thoughtful descriptions to provide a fascinating glimpse into the Buenos Aires she experienced. For instance, we are introduced to Sylvia, who required English vocabulary to express her three main interests: food, love, and headaches. France also spent time floating with the Aymara Indians on their man-made island homes. Her narrative is fascinating, describing tragic historic events, the myths surrounding Evita Pern, obsessions with psychoanalysis, and Frances own inner debates as she explores a different culture. ( more information) Offered by Infinity Books Japan (Japan)
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Bad Times In Buenos Aires
Miranda France
Ecco, 1999-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. Clean, Unmarked Copy, Has Black Remainder Mark, Along Bottom Edge of Pages, Tight Square Binding, Lgith Edge Wear and Very Tiny Tear on Dust Cover ( more information) Offered by Grafton Street Books (United States)
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