Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana - Stephanie Elizondo Griest - Böcker - Random House USA Inc - 9780812967609 - 9 mars 2004
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Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana

Stephanie Elizondo Griest

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Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana

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 Elián González?s return to Cuba, and gains a new appreciation for the Mexican culture she left behind.


416 pages, Illustrations, unspecified

Media Böcker     Pocketbok   (Bok med mjukt omslag och limmad rygg)
Releasedatum 9 mars 2004
ISBN13 9780812967609
Utgivare Random House USA Inc
Antal sidor 416
Mått 132 × 201 × 22 mm   ·   362 g
Språk Engelska  

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