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Title: Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin America

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Hardcover, 2001

Synopsis
This collection of pieces on Latin American history and politics is by a journalist whose writings have appeared in the New York Review of Books, the Washington Post, and The New Yorker. She interviews guerrilla leaders, attends a Mass said in Havana by the Pope, and reports on Colombia's war on drugs. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.

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Language:        English

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Height:         8 Inches
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Publisher Notes
In the tradition of Joan Didion, V. S. Naipaul, and Ryzsard Kapucinski comes a collection of essays and reportage by Alma Guillermoprieto, perhaps the most highly regarded writer on Latin America.

Guillermoprieto, who contributes regularly to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books, explores the three Latin American countries most important to America right now: Cuba, Mexico, and Colombia. Only Guillermoprieto can write with such acumen and sympathy about statesmen and campesinos, leftist revolutionaries and right-wing militias, and political figures from Fidel Castro to Vicente Fox. Combining the passion and deep knowledge of an insider with the detachment of a seasoned veteran, Looking For History offers a portrait of this beguiling and crucial part of the world–a portrait unrivaled in its knowledge, analysis, and literary craftsmanship.

Industry Reviews
"A truly instructive work."
(02/01/2001)
"[Guillermoprieto] finds plenty of larger-than-life characters at the center of the action."
(04/15/2001)
"We are lucky to have an on-the-spot look at the war (in Colombia) from one of the best and most experienced Latin American correspondents around, Alma Guillermoprieto, as part of her important and topical new book, LOOKING FOR HISTORY."
(07/02/2001)
Above all Guillermoprieto is subtle: in fact, the task she sets for herself with ''LOOKING FOR HISTORY, her second collection of essays...is so subtle that you could almost call it radical. Guillermoprieto simply looks at various Latin American situations and describes what she sees....Guillermoprieto's three reports from Colombia are easily the most important in this collection. No factor in the country's predicament, from its weird and trackless topography to its history as a base for smugglers of emeralds and pre-Columbian artifacts, escapes her attention."
(07/22/2001)
"What makes LOOKING FOR HISTORY valuable is not so much the timeliness of its stories, which continue to be relevant, or the scope of the reporting. What separates this book from the common reporting on Latin America are the author's insight and her determination to tell the story in its own terms, from a Latin American perspective."
(02/17/2002)


Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin America and it was written by Alma Guillermoprieto. This edition of Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin America is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is March 2002 and it has a suggested retail price of $14.95. There are pages in the book and it was published by Vintage Books. The 10 digit ISBN is 0375725822 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780375725821. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.