Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Exile: Rejecting America And Finding The WorldISBN13:9781949017175ISBN10:1949017176Author:Fernandez, Belen (Author)Description:At 21, Bel N Left The U S And Didn't Look Back Alone, Far Off The Beaten Path In Places Like Syria And Tajikistan, She Confronts Violence, Lechery, And Places Where It's Hard To Find A Good Glass Of Wine, And Reflects On What It Means To Be An American In A Largely American-Made Mess Of A World After Growing Up In Washington, D C And Texas, And Then Attending Columbia University In New York, Bel N Fern Ndez Ended Up In A State Of Self-Imposed Exile From The United States From Trekking--Through Europe, The Middle East, Morocco, And Latin America--To Packing Avocados In Southern Spain, To Marrying A Palestinian-Lebanese Man, To Witnessing The Violent Aftermath Of The 2009 Coup In Honduras, The International Travel Allowed Her By An American Passport Has, Ironically, Given Her A Direct View Of The Devastating Consequences Of U S Machinations Worldwide For Some Years Fern Ndez Survived Thanks To The Generosity Of Strangers Who Picked Her Up Hitchhiking, Fed Her, And Offered Accommodations; Then She Discovered People Would Pay Her For Her Powerful, Unfiltered Journalism, Enabling--As Of The Present Moment--Continued Survival In Just A Few Short Years Of Publishing Her Observations On World Politics And Writing From Places As Varied As Lebanon, Italy, Uzbekistan, Syria, Mexico, Turkey, Honduras, And Iran, Bel N Fern Ndez Has Earned A Place Alongside Martha Gellhorn And Susan Sontag As One Of The Most Trenchant Observers Of American Actions Abroad At 21, The Author Left The U S And Didn't Look Back Alone, Far Off The Beaten Path In Places Like Syria And Tajikistan, She Confronts Violence And Lechery, Reflecting On What It Means To Be An American In A Largely American-Made Mess Of A World Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:OR BOOKSPublication Date:2019-09-03Weight:0.4 lbsDimensions:0.5'' H x 6.9'' L x 5'' WNumber of Pages:160Language:English
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Book Title: Exile : Rejecting America and Finding the WORLD
Item Length: 7in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 5in
Author: Belen Fernandez
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Women, Personal Memoirs
Publisher: Or Books, LLC
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 6 Oz
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
