Bad Times In Buenos Aires

Download or Read eBook Bad Times In Buenos Aires PDF written by Miranda France and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Bad Times In Buenos Aires
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Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : 9781780225784
ISBN-13 : 1780225784
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Book Synopsis Bad Times In Buenos Aires by : Miranda France

Book excerpt: A funny and poignant account of life in Buenos Aires, by a young prize-winning writer. In 1993 Miranda France moved to South America, drawn to Buenos Aires as the intellectual hub of the continent, with its wealth of writers and its romantic, passionate and tragic history. She found that is was all these things, but it was also a terrible place to live. The inhabitants of Buenos Aires are famously unhappy. All over South America they are known for their arrogance, their fixation of Europe and their moodiness. Very soon, Miranda France encounters' bronca' - the simmering and barely controllable rage that is a staple feature of life in the Argentinian capital. She finds that 'bronca' has deep roots: the violence and racism of the first European settlers; the dictatorships, especially in the 1970s when so many 'disappeared'; even Evita Peron, for there was no rage to rival Evita's.


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