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corkspork's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
fast-paced
2.5
Extra half star because I learned a lot about things we didn't get taught in school. But this book is insanely disjointed, and you can tell this is just a "plan" for a book like a couple chapters are titled. Plus, maybe this guy was pretty accepting of other cultures for the 1950s-1978 but he comes off as a real jerk. And very pretentious. Unsure how much of this is from the translation.
olbeelaine's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
alexandramiller's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
tense
slow-paced
5.0
emasvingerova's review against another edition
4.0
kdykoliv čtu knihu od tohoto autora tak se cítím jako by to bylo (a ono je) velké privilegium moci si tohle přečíst - vždycky mi dojde, kolik toho o světě vlastně ještě nevím. a navíc píše fakt dobře a pokaždý najdu i přesah do současnosti a současných válek a konfliktů (bohužel). je zajímavý to pozorovat a porovnávat a zjišťovat, že se tyhle situace akorát neustále opakují.
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A zmínka o tichu na str. 219 mi hodně připomněla současnou situaci v Palestině a Izraeli, uf.
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A zmínka o tichu na str. 219 mi hodně připomněla současnou situaci v Palestině a Izraeli, uf.
arj_51's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Very inspiring and fascinating time capsule of African and Latin American cultures, written in a distinctly human-focused way.
rc90041's review against another edition
5.0
A brilliant work. Strangely unclassifiable. Part reportage, part personal notebook, part self-mythologization, part political analysis, part poetry. At the most generic level of description, a work of nonfiction from various war-torn and troubled places in Africa and Latin America, but somehow both more and less than that. At times finely particular, and at other times broad to the level of general cycles of history. Always startling, with the frisson of the real.