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Title: Buenos Aires: A Cultural and Literary Companion (Cities of the Imagination Series) by Jason Wilson ISBN: 1-56656-347-X Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: stuck in the River Plate mud
Comment: I loved Mexico City by Nick Caistor in this series but this was a HUGE disappointment. There is way way too much name dropping and quoting of other sources rather than getting the author's actual feel of the city of Buenos Aires as it is today. I understand this series is subtitled as "a cultural and literary companion" but I'd have preferred way more emphasis on the culture as it stands now and less of the literary references. It was like reading Footnotes 101.
Stick with Miranda France's Bad Times in Buenos Aires.
Rating: 5
Summary: Terrific guide to a fascinating city
Comment: This is not a "travel book" in the usual sense -- you will not, for instance, find anything about where to stay or eat. Rather, this is an historical, cultural, and literary guide to Buenos Aires that will make your time there more interesting and worthwhile.
Progressing geographically through the city's most important streets, plazas, and neighborhoods, Wilson uses the observations of writers, artists, foreign visitors, politicians, academics, and others to give the reader a "feel" for both the city and its inhabitants. These observations are supplemented with just enough historical framework to provide context. Buenos Aires is a city filled with buildings, streets, and monuments that stir up a great deal of emotion in its inhabitants; what this book does is help to explain why these locations are so important and how they fit together -- geographically, historically, psychologically -- to make up the city.
This book was along with me during my recent trip to Buenos Aires and undoubtedly made my time there more satisfying. Its only real deficiency is a lack of good maps -- there is one, but it is very general and doesn't cover enough territory. Nonetheless, I would strongly recommend this book to anyone traveling to Buenos Aires.
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Title: Time Out Buenos Aires (Time Out Guides) by Time Out, Penguin Books ISBN: 0141003545 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A History of Argentina in the Twentieth Century by Luis Alberto Romero, James P. Brennan ISBN: 0271021926 Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics by Gabriela Nouzeilles, Graciela R. Montaldo ISBN: 082232914X Publisher: Duke Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, 3rd Ed) by Sandra Bao, Ben Greensfelder ISBN: 1740590228 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: City Map Buenos Aires by Lonely Planet, Lonely Planet Publications ISBN: 1864500794 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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