Helen Winternitz
Autor(a) de East Along the Equator: A Journey up the Congo and into Zaire (Traveler / Atlantic Monthly Press)
Obras por Helen Winternitz
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The author makes some good points, but its a political book by a propagandist. There is no balance because she seeks to persuade by emotion, not by facts. Winternitz comes across as a real pain, no one you would want to have lunch with, whether you agreed with her stance or not, and its interesting to note that she was eventually asked to leave the village herself.
The book gives the reader an inkling of what it was like for people to live under the Mobutu dictatorship in the Congo. Everything requires a bribe, everyone is compromised in corruption, everything breaks down, on top of the fact that it's always SO hot. The reader will pick up a little history while reading it. I would recommend this book as an introduction to the Congo or for anyone looking for a solid travelogue.
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- Obras
- 2
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 107
- Popularidade
- #180,615
- Avaliação
- 4.0
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- 3
- ISBN
- 6
- Línguas
- 1
This is much more than an adventure tale, though. Along the way, she lays bare the ugly, unvarnished history of the region, and how Western influence has shaped the political structure from the 18th Century into the late 20th Century, when she traveled the region, and even into today.
I found this a very difficult, but very important book to read.… (mais)