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Viva Colores: A Salute to the Indomitable People of Guatemala

Door David Hill

Categorie
Geschiedenis Zuid- en Latijns Amerika
Boeknummer
#284178
Titel
Viva Colores: A Salute to the Indomitable People of Guatemala
Auteur
Hill, David
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Brooklyn NY, PowerHouse Books
Jaar van uitgave
2006
ISBN10
1576873358
ISBN13
9781576873359
Taal
Engels, Spaans
Beschrijving
Hardcover, dust jacket, oblong, richly illustrated in colour.
Samenvatting
The joyful cacophony of color that envelopes visitors to Guatemala may seem misplaced at first. After all, the nation has only recently emerged from a 36-year civil war that destroyed its infrastructure and claimed more than a million lives. But to the authors of ¡Viva Colores!: A Salute to the Indomitable People of Guatemala, it is a vivid expression of a 1,500-year-old spirit that refuses to die. Photographer Paola Gianturco and writer David Hill offer inspirational profiles of a people who have endured and, indeed, gained strength, thanks to the bounty of their land, their beliefs, traditions, and kinship with one another. People like Luis.

Luis was orphaned as a small child. The aunt and uncle who took him in sent him into the streets to hawk trinkets and cadge pesos from tour... (Lees verder)ists. He quickly figured out that he could do better if he learned the tourists&; language, so he taught himself English. At 18, he became a licensed tour guide. Five years later, he was begging again, a homeless panhandler, brought low by demon rum. Then he found AA, which helped him get sober and gave him a reason to live. He traveled his country, launching AA programs. Today, he&;s a doting grandfather and popular tour guide. Luis&; story is but one of many Gianturco and Hill have discovered in their travels through Guatemala. Readers of their book will enjoy&;and be inspired by&;many more.
Pagina's
158
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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