Ballet in the Cane Fields

Vignettes from a Dominican Wanderlogue

Nonfiction, Travel, Adventure & Literary Travel
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Author: Judith Ravin ISBN: 9781629010113
Publisher: Inkwater Press Publication: January 10, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Judith Ravin
ISBN: 9781629010113
Publisher: Inkwater Press
Publication: January 10, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English
Ballet in the Cane Fields, by diplomat-cum-author Judith Ravin, takes the reader to the Dominican Republic of today—the “loudest place on earth”—where nothing is too insignificant to be a conversation starter. While neighbors bring chairs outside for idle conversation, everything moves in slow motion. Listlessness conquers even the little ones, whose solution to the heat is a Popsicle that tricks the body into a short-lived chill as iced tentacles drip down the chin. Taxi drivers, a prepubescent hip hop star and the pedestrian masses populate this series of autobiographical vignettes that reflect the optimism and generosity of the authors perspective on humanity.Laborar para el Departamento de Estado como Oficial del Servicio Exterior implica un compromiso de disponibilidad mundial para la aplicación de las herramientas de la diplomacia donde quiera que se necesiten. Ballet en los cañaverales, una serie de viñetas autobiográficas vividas en la República Dominicana de hoy, surgió como una manera de que la autora-diplomática pudiese compartir la alegría de su viaje con familiares y amistades tanto en los Estados Unidos como en otras latitudes. A través de historias que introducen al lector a nuevos contextos culturales, la colección nos invita a experimentar las ironías tragicómicas de una viajera en el exterior y, al hacerlo, le da valor agregado a las vicisitudes de la cotidianidad. El trabajo refleja el optimismo y la generosidad de la perspectiva de la autora sobre la humanidad.
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Ballet in the Cane Fields, by diplomat-cum-author Judith Ravin, takes the reader to the Dominican Republic of today—the “loudest place on earth”—where nothing is too insignificant to be a conversation starter. While neighbors bring chairs outside for idle conversation, everything moves in slow motion. Listlessness conquers even the little ones, whose solution to the heat is a Popsicle that tricks the body into a short-lived chill as iced tentacles drip down the chin. Taxi drivers, a prepubescent hip hop star and the pedestrian masses populate this series of autobiographical vignettes that reflect the optimism and generosity of the authors perspective on humanity.Laborar para el Departamento de Estado como Oficial del Servicio Exterior implica un compromiso de disponibilidad mundial para la aplicación de las herramientas de la diplomacia donde quiera que se necesiten. Ballet en los cañaverales, una serie de viñetas autobiográficas vividas en la República Dominicana de hoy, surgió como una manera de que la autora-diplomática pudiese compartir la alegría de su viaje con familiares y amistades tanto en los Estados Unidos como en otras latitudes. A través de historias que introducen al lector a nuevos contextos culturales, la colección nos invita a experimentar las ironías tragicómicas de una viajera en el exterior y, al hacerlo, le da valor agregado a las vicisitudes de la cotidianidad. El trabajo refleja el optimismo y la generosidad de la perspectiva de la autora sobre la humanidad.

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