Around the Bloc View By Stephanie Elizondo Griest
| Title | : | Around the Bloc |
| Author | : | Stephanie Elizondo Griest |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 363 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0812967607 |
Desperate to escape South Texas, Stephanie Elizondo Griest dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent So she headed to Russia looking for some excitement commencing what would become a four year, twelve nation Communist bloc tour that shattered her preconceived notions of the Evil Empire In Around the Bloc, Griest relates her experiences as a volunteer at a children s Desperate to escape South Texas, Stephanie Elizondo Griest dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent So she headed to Russia looking for some excitement commencing what would become a four year, twelve nation Communist bloc tour that shattered her preconceived notions of the Evil Empire In Around the Bloc, Griest relates her experiences as a volunteer at a children s shelter in Moscow, a propaganda polisher at the office of the Chinese Communist Party s English language mouthpiece in Beijing, and a belly dancer among the rumba queens of Havana She falls in love with an ex soldier who narrowly avoided radiation cleanup duties at Chernobyl, hangs out with Cuban hip hop artists, and comes to difficult realizations about the meaning of democracy is the absorbing story of a young journalist driven by a desire to witness the effects of Communism Along the way, she learns the Russian mathematical equation for buying dinner party vodka one bottle per guest, plus an extra , stumbles upon Beijing s underground gay scene, marches with 100,000 mothers demanding Eli n Gonz lez s return to Cuba, and gains a new appreciation for the Mexican culture she left behind
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Published :2016-02-24T14:36+01:00
Desperate to escape South Texas, Stephanie Elizondo Griest dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent So she headed to Russia looking for some excite
363 pagesStephanie Elizondo Griest
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