Bad Times in Buenos Aires Miranda France

Name: Bad Times in Buenos Aires By Miranda France
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Bad Times in Buenos Aires by Miranda France

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Summary

This is a portrait of Buenos Aires and its people. The author describes the arrogance, the fixation with Europe and the moodiness of the city's inhabitants, as well as "bronca", the simmering rage that is a staple feature of life in the Argentine capital.

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Bad Times in Buenos Aires by Miranda France

In 1993 Miranda France moved to South America, drawn to Buenos Aires as the intellectual hub of the continent, with its wealth of writers and its romantic, passionate and tragic history. She found it was all these things, but it was also a terrible place to live.

About Miranda France

Miranda France was born in 1966 and was brought up in East Anglia and Sussex. She read Spainsh and Latin American Studies at Edinburgh University, which included a year in Madrid. In the early 1990s she lived in Brazil and Edinburgh and then Buenos Aires, and in 1996 she won the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize for a piece about her time in Buenos Aires. Her first book, Bad Times in Buenos Aires, was published in 1998. She lives with her husband and young son in

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Sku

GOR002028812

ISBN 13

9780297819660

ISBN 10

0297819666

Title

Bad Times in Buenos Aires by Miranda France

Author

Miranda France

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co

Year published

1998-02-23

Number of pages

240

Prizes

N/A

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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us