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Lädt ... Bill Bryson's African Diary (Original 2002; 2002. Auflage)von Bill Bryson
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Bill Bryson gehört zu meinen Lieblingsautoren, deshalb war ich auch sehr froh, als dieses kleine Buch mir in die Hände gefallen ist. Natürlich erreicht es nicht die Qualität seiner sonstigen Bücher, sondern erzählt nur ein paar Anekdoten rund um seine Kenia-Reise. Inhaltlich ist es natürlich längst überholt, denn auch an Kenia sind die letzten 20 Jahre nicht spurlos vorbeigegangen, aber trotzdem hat es mich einen Abend lang gut unterhalten. This is a diary as Bill Bryson travelled around Kenya, mostly visiting slums and refugee camps and similar places. He was travelling with people from an NGO/charity called CARE. It was decent (44 pages for my ebook), but not nearly long enough. I would have loved for there to be more. He has his trademark humour, and he met some interesting people, but in one day, I’ve already forgotten much of it. It was just too short to really get “into”. This very short book is just what it says on the tin: A day-by-day accounting of Bryson's trip to Kenya as part of a CARE International site visit. The book, which was sold to raise money for CARE, suffers a bit from a lack of the usual madcap Bryson humor. Only his account of a hair-raising flight on a small propeller jet in bad weather got an out-loud chuckle from me. I can understand why, when he's trying to educate people about the need for donations to a worthy non-governmental institution, he would tone down the yuks, but pedantic Bryson is not my favorite Bryson. I enjoyed learning more about Kenya and its people, as well as what CARE does, so this was far from a total loss. And now I'm off to send a donation to CARE, since I checked this out from the library and thus did not pay my "fair share". keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Biography & Autobiography.
Travel.
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HTML:From the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body comes a travel diary documenting a visit to Kenya. All royalties and profits go to CARE International. In the early fall of 2002, famed travel writer Bill Bryson journeyed to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. He arrived with a set of mental images of Africa gleaned from television broadcasts of low-budget Jungle Jim movies in his Iowa childhood and a single viewing of the film version of Out of Africa. (Also with some worries about tropical diseases, insects, and large predators.) But the vibrant reality of Kenya and its people took over the second he deplaned in Nairobi, and this diary records Bill Bryson??s impressions of his trip with his inimitable trademark style of wry observation and curious insight. From the wrenching poverty of the Kibera slum in Nairobi to the meticulously manicured grounds of the Karen Blixen house and the human fossil riches of the National Museum, Bryson registers the striking contrasts of a postcolonial society in transition. He visits the astoundingly vast Great Rift Valley; undergoes the rigors of a teeth-rattling train journey to Mombasa and a hair-whitening flight through a vicious storm; and visits the refugee camps and the agricultural and economic projects where dedicated CARE professionals wage noble and dogged war against poverty, dislocation, and corruption. Though brief in compass and duration, Bill Bryson??s African Diary is rich in irreverent, poignant, and morally instructive observation. Like all of this author??s work, it can make the reader laugh, think, and especially, feel all at the s Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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While on one hand, notes one prevailing belief is true - the violence that is pervasive - he also notes that another belief - that aid money does not get to the people directly - is patently false.
This is a telling paragraph: "It's amazing how long it took aid agencies to figure out that people really, really don't want dependency.T hey want to help themselves." Hence, now CARE gives micro-loans as well as teaching citizens how to care for the infrastructure they help to build.
All proceeds from the sale of this book went to support CARE. ( )