Red Wine & Arepas
How Football is Becoming Venezuela's Religion
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2020
JAF Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5272-6656-8 (ISBN)
JAF Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5272-6656-8 (ISBN)
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"A remarkable achievement by a talented and tenacious journalist." - Oliver Balch, author of 'Viva South America!'
Red Wine & Arepas is the first English language book on Venezuelan football. Author Jordan Florit uses the sport to delicately examine and explore the country's society, culture, and politics.
National team managers, league champions, club owners, despised fan groups, and even the Chavez family, Jordan Florit met with them all. Red Wine and Arepas marks a remarkable achievement by a talented and tenacious journalist. Part travelogue, part sports book, part love letter to an embattled nation, modern Venezuela is brought to life through events on and off its football pitches. Ready yourself for a crazy, adrenalin-packed account, full of chance meetings and narrow escapes, revealing interviews and vibrant observation. Florit doesn't waste a second of his travels, always at hand with his phlegmatic wit and reporter's pen to squeeze as much colour from every experience. Who would have thought a book on Venezuelan domestic football could be so rich, so entertaining, and so full of life? At long last, an uplifting story from this downtrodden - but not defeated - nation. A must-read for football and non-football fans alike.
Red Wine & Arepas is the first English language book on Venezuelan football. Author Jordan Florit uses the sport to delicately examine and explore the country's society, culture, and politics.
National team managers, league champions, club owners, despised fan groups, and even the Chavez family, Jordan Florit met with them all. Red Wine and Arepas marks a remarkable achievement by a talented and tenacious journalist. Part travelogue, part sports book, part love letter to an embattled nation, modern Venezuela is brought to life through events on and off its football pitches. Ready yourself for a crazy, adrenalin-packed account, full of chance meetings and narrow escapes, revealing interviews and vibrant observation. Florit doesn't waste a second of his travels, always at hand with his phlegmatic wit and reporter's pen to squeeze as much colour from every experience. Who would have thought a book on Venezuelan domestic football could be so rich, so entertaining, and so full of life? At long last, an uplifting story from this downtrodden - but not defeated - nation. A must-read for football and non-football fans alike.
Jordan Florit is an insatiable reader and writer. Books on Latin America, politics, psychology, and sociology take up the space left on his shelf once those on football have had their pride of place. These are the topics that influence his writing, where he skirts the main theme of football with culture and anthropology. Over a ten-year writing career, his work has featured in a number of publications, including acclaimed magazine These Football Times and on the award-winning website Football Paradise.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.08.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 36 colour photos |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 197 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Südamerika | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5272-6656-7 / 1527266567 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5272-6656-8 / 9781527266568 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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