How to Travel without Seeing: Dispatches from the New Latin

How to Travel without Seeing: Dispatches from the New Latin America

A kaleidoscopic, fast-paced tour of Latin America from one of the Spanish-speaking worldâ€™s most outstanding writers.

Lamenting not having more time to get to know each of the nineteen countries he visits after winning the prestigious Premio Alfaguara, AndrÃ©s Neuman begins to suspect that world travel consists mostly of â€œnot seeing.â€ But then he realizes that the fleeting nature of his trip provides him with a unique opportunity: touring and comparing every country of Latin America in a single stroke. Neuman writes on the move, generating a kinetic work that is at once puckish and poetic, aphoristic and brimming with curiosity. Even so-called non-placesâ€”airports, hotels, taxisâ€”are turned into powerful symbols full of meaning. A dual Argentine-Spanish citizen, he incisively explores cultural identity and nationality, immigration and globalization, history and language, and turbulent current events. Above all, Neuman investigates the artistic lifeblood of Latin America, tackling with gusto not only literary heavyweights such as BolaÃ±o, Vargas Llosa, Lorca, and Galeano, but also an emerging generation of authors and filmmakers whose impact is now making ripples worldwide.

Eye-opening and charmingly offbeat, How to Travel without Seeing: Dispatches from the New Latin America is essential reading for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of the Americas.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Restless Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781632060556
ReleaseDate 2016-08-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781632060556

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Restless Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781632060556
ReleaseDate	2016-08-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781632060556

How to Travel without Seeing: Dispatches from the New Latin America

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