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Bay of Tigers
An African Odyssey
Pedro Rosa Mendes Translated from the Portuguese by Clifford Landers
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9780151006557 Hardcover
0151006555
$31.00
336pages
Available - Print On Demand
Trim Size:
6 x 9
Copyright Year:
2003
Territory:
US, C, O
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Table of Contents
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Synopsis |
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In 1997, Pedro Rosa Mendes traveled across Africa--6,000 miles from the west to the east coast, from Angola to Mozambique--on trains with no windows, no doors, no seats, on wrecks of trucks and buses, on boats and motorcycles.
In war-torn Angola, a country where land mines outnumber people, Mendes found long lines of villagers waiting for shock treatment to neutralize the phantom pain in amputated limbs, an apothecary's tent purveying boiled mucumbi bark to combat scurvy lesions in the mouth, and trains crowded with people eating salted fish and drinking beer, swapping tales of local sorcerers who can turn into snakes. He interviewed international relief workers and corrupt local officials, widows and orphans, soldiers and survivors, piecing together a rich portrait no history or travel book can match.
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Biography |
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Pedro Rosa Mendes is a Portuguese journalist and writer. His dispatches from Zaire, Angola, Rwanda, and Afghanistan have earned him widespread renown in Europe. Bay of Tigers is his first book.
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General Subjects |
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Current Events- General
History- Africa/General
Travel- Africa
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First Serial/Second Serial/Reprint/Book Club: Harcourt
UK: Granta
All other rights: PublicaĤoes Dom Quixote
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Rights Information |
Harcourt Books
An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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