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Chargement... Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalenapar Jordan Salama
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HTML:An exhilarating travelogue for a new generation about a journey along Colombiaâ??s Magdalena River, exploring life by the banks of a majestic river now at risk, and how a country recovers from conflict. An American writer of Argentine, Syrian, and Iraqi Jewish descent, Jordan Salama tells the story of the RÃo Magdalena, nearly one thousand miles long, the heart of Colombia. This is Gabriel GarcÃa Márquezâ??s territoryâ??rumor has it Macondo was partly inspired by the port town of Mompoxâ??as much as that of the Middle Eastern immigrants who run fabric stores by its banks. Following the river from its source high in the Andes to its mouth on the Caribbean coast, journeying by boat, bus, and improvised motobalinera, Salama writes against stereotype and toward the rich lives of those he meets. Among them are a canoe builder, biologists who study invasive hippopotamuses, a Queens transplant managing a failing hotel, a jeweler practicing the art of silver filigree, and a traveling librarian whose donkeys, Alfa and Beto, haul books to rural children. Joy, mourning, and humor come together in this astonishing debut, about a country too often seen as only a site of war, and a tale of lively adventure following Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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