| So Many Enemies, So Little Time: An American Woman in All the Wrong Places Contributor(s): Burkett, Elinor (Author) |
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ISBN: 006052443X ISBN-13: 9780060524432 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: Bowling with Iraqis, riding motorcycles with Mullahs in Iran--Elinor Burkett bears witness to the other side of the war on terror in this dazzling political travelogue. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Asia - Central - Travel | Middle East - General - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.90 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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| Publisher Description: At a time when Americans were so riveted by questions about their place in a newly hostile world and were swearing off air travel, Elinor Burkett did not just take a trip -- she took a headlong dive into enemy territories. Her yearlong odyssey began with her assignment as a Fulbright Professor teaching journalism in Kyrgyzstan, a faded fragment of Soviet might in the heart of Central Asia -- a place of dilapidated apartments, bizarre food, and demoralized citizens clinging to the safety of Brother Russia. She then journeyed to Afghanistan and Iraq -- where she mingled with tense Iraqis, watching the gathering storm clouds of an American-led invasion -- as well as Iran, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, China, and Vietnam. Whether she's writing about being served goat's head in a Kyrgyz yurt, checking out bowling alleys in Baghdad, or trying to cook a chicken in a crumbling apartment, Burkett offers an eclectic series of adventures that are alternately comical, poignant, and discomfiting. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burkett, Elinor: - Elinor Burkett has worked as a newspaper reporter, university professor, and magazine writer. A Pulitzer Prize--nominated journalist and the author of eight previous books, she divides her time between the Catskill Mountains of New York and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. |