Short Walks from Bogota

Journeys in the New Colombia

Tom Feiling (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2012
Allen Lane (Verlag)
978-1-84614-583-4 (ISBN)

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For decades, Colombia was the narcostate. Now travel to Colombia and South America is on the rise, and it's seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy. The author has journeyed throughout Colombia, down roads that were too dangerous to travel, to paint a fresh picture of one of the world's most notorious and least-understood countries.

For decades, Colombia was the 'narcostate'. Now travel to Colombia and South America is on the rise, and it's seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy. Where does the truth lie? Writer and journalist Tom Feiling, author of the acclaimed study of cocaine "The Candy Machine", has journeyed throughout Colombia, down roads that were until recently too dangerous to travel, to paint a fresh picture of one of the world's most notorious and least-understood countries. He talks to former guerrilla fighters and their ex-captives; women whose sons were 'disappeared' by paramilitaries; the nomadic tribe who once thought they were the only people on earth and now charge $10 for a photo; the Japanese 'emerald cowboy' who made a fortune from mining; and revels in the stories that countless ordinary Colombians tell. How did a land likened to paradise by the first conquistadores become a byword for hell on earth? Why is one of the world's most unequal nations also one of its happiest? How is it rebuilding itself after decades of violence, and how successful has the process been so far?
Vital, shocking, often funny and never simplistic, Short Walks from Bogota unpicks the tangled fabric of Colombia, to create a stunning work of reportage, history and travel writing.

Tom Feiling spent a year living and working in Colombia before making Resistencia: Hip-Hop in Colombia, which won numerous awards at film festivals around the world, and was broadcast in four countries. In 2003 he became Campaigns Director for the TUC's Justice for Colombia campaign, which organizes for human rights in Colombia. His first book was The Candy Machine: How Cocaine Took Over The World, which was based on over sixty interviews with people involved in all aspects of the cocaine business and the 'war on drugs,' and was published by Penguin in 2009.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.8.2012
Zusatzinfo	map.
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	144 x 222 mm
Gewicht	427 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Südamerika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-84614-583-X / 184614583X
ISBN-13	978-1-84614-583-4 / 9781846145834
Zustand	Neuware