Allende compartió anecdotas sobre su vida como femenista y mujer fuerte y lista para tomar el mundo con furia. Ella habla de trauma integeneracional, Allende compartió anecdotas sobre su vida como femenista y mujer fuerte y lista para tomar el mundo con furia. Ella habla de trauma integeneracional, el rol de su madre y el rol que ella tiene como mujer en el mundo patriarchal. Los capitulos no son largas y pasa rapidisimo las paginas porque sabe como agarrar la atención contar su historia con honestidad e integridad. Recomiendo leerlo....more
I found this book to be a quick dive into the world of a 60s white male living the dream of a care free man running from the law. It is a bit out therI found this book to be a quick dive into the world of a 60s white male living the dream of a care free man running from the law. It is a bit out there how the main character manages to go all over the States and then manages to flee the country after escaping prison. But hey, maybe it is because it was the 60s? Joey leaves his East coast life and finds himself experimenting with all sorts of drugs on the West Coast. He lives the life of a wanderer with plenty of lovers and odd jobs. I felt it was lacking a bit on character exposition but there are fantastic depictions of the places Joey visited and the feeling of freedom that he so longed for. I think it is a great first novel for Michael Thompson and I like that he left us hanging which means there will most likely be a sequel....more
Talk about a book that grabs you and really take a hold of your attention. I found myself wanting to know what was going to happen because the idea ofTalk about a book that grabs you and really take a hold of your attention. I found myself wanting to know what was going to happen because the idea of a hostage situation in the book is not what one would think could happen. I had recently learned about the hostage situation happened in Peru in 1997. It is commonly known as operation Chavin de Huantar. Granted, the book is fiction but there were a lot of similarities.
Ann Patchett's writing is fantastic and she really made the relationships between the characters come to life. I found myself imagining how the protagonist's voice would sound. I wanted to hear the translations of the character Gen. I could feel the tension and the love that somehow manifested itself in such a precarious event.
Ok, first of all Goodreads deleted my original review but I would just like to say that this book was fantastic and explained Hiram Bingham's discoverOk, first of all Goodreads deleted my original review but I would just like to say that this book was fantastic and explained Hiram Bingham's discovery of Machu Picchu down to how he struggled or didn't struggle with getting artifacts back to Yale's Peabody Museum.
I like how he brings up the debate about whether or not museums in the US should have as many artifacts from other countries as it does. Heaney accredits his being able to see things in museums as one of the reasons he was inspired to travel and become a historian. On the other hand doesn't the country of origin have some claim to items that were taken from it's country?
Although in the book it hadn't happened yet but Yale sent back a huge portion of it's collection to Cusco Peru in 2011 the centenial of Bingham's dicovery of Machu Picchu. The artifacts are now on display at the Casa de Concha Museum.
I highly recommend this book and it came highly recommended by Paolo Greer, another noted Machu Pichu and Peru historian. You will not be disappointed! Heaney makes sure to bring up many of the observations that Bingham made and compare them to what is now thought to be true about Machu Picchu. It's a fast read and highly interesting and entertaining. You won't be let down....more
This book was super informative about the history of the Incas from the entrance of Pizzaro and the Spaniards to the death of Atahualpa. I enjoyed theThis book was super informative about the history of the Incas from the entrance of Pizzaro and the Spaniards to the death of Atahualpa. I enjoyed the fact that the authors described Francisco Pizarro as a great leader of his mean but not necessarily a good person. They tried to paint a picture of the explorer but didn't hesitate to put in their two cents about how they felt about his actions. It was a bit dry at times but interesting nonetheless....more
Matthew Parris wrote a great travel book about Peru in the late 1980s. It was super fun reading a book about the place I live during a time when the IMatthew Parris wrote a great travel book about Peru in the late 1980s. It was super fun reading a book about the place I live during a time when the Inti was still used as currency instead of the nuevo sol, the train was used to get around everywhere instead of double decker buses and Inka Cola was stil a Peruvian owned business.
Parris recounts his 4th visit to Peru in which he and 3 buddies take a trip up north and then down Cusco and finish in Puerto Maldonado. On is way he meets really interesting people and extremely dangerous situations such as being chased up a mountain in the middle of the night because the villagers set fire to the campsite.
There were a few things that I really related to on a personal level. One of them is what he thought of Peruvian campesino work practices. "Their methods do not work. Their failure produces a life in which backbreaking labour - horrifyingly inefficient - alternates with mindless indolence. Often the indolence falls to the men, the labour to the women." What struck me about this is that it is still true today. There really hasn't been much improvement and the campesinos continue to break their backs literally and don't give importance (or don't have access) to education so as to make their lives a bit better.
The other thing he talked about when he was in Cusco he ran into a person who knew a mutual friend. It's really crazy how things like that happen. I love how he puts it. "It's as if at certain key points the faceless millions who make up the census figures, cause the traffic jams and constitute crowd scenes stand momentarily aside so that just a few of us can bump into each other." The world is a small place in other words.
This book is a good read and well written. Parris takes you into the moment of every experience he had....more
This was an excellent book about Diane Dunn´s personal journey into the world of shamanism of Peru. She talks a lot about the energy and power of selfThis was an excellent book about Diane Dunn´s personal journey into the world of shamanism of Peru. She talks a lot about the energy and power of self along with the wisdom of the shamans of Peru that allowed her to find her spiritual path and help others do so. I liked her honesty and simplicity in this book and it made me that much happier to be living in such the amazing energetic place that is Cusco. I really like that she is not only a woman but a white American one at that, who is a shaman having learned from Peruvian shamans, how to practice. There is no rule that says shamanism is only for Peruvian men and she proves that. I think it´s great. This is an interesting read and will definitely enlighten the reader about the spirituality that surrounds Cusco....more