Lost on Planet China
- 304 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
A sharply observed, hilarious account of Troost's adventures in China- a complex, fascinating country with enough dangers and delicacies to keep him, and readers, endlessly entertained.
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J. Maarten Troost es un escritor de viajes y ensayista holandés-estadounidense cuya obra se adentra en los rincones remotos del planeta. Con una perspectiva única y aguda observación, explora encuentros culturales y la condición humana en entornos exóticos. Sus ensayos, publicados en destacadas revistas, ofrecen cautivadoras visiones de la vida fuera de la civilización occidental. A través de sus escritos de viaje, examina temas universales como la identidad, el aislamiento y la búsqueda de sentido en lo desconocido.
- 2008
- 2006
Getting Stoned with Savages
- 256 páginas
- 9 horas de lectura
- 2004
At the age of 26, Maarten Troost, after racking up useless graduate degrees and muddling through a series of temp jobs, decided to move to Tarawa, a remote South Pacific island in the Republic of Kiribati. He was restless and lacked direction, and the idea of dropping everything and moving to the ends of the Earth was irresistibly romantic. This book tells the hilarious story of what happens when Troost discovers that Tarawa is not the island paradise he dreamed of. Falling into one amusing misadventure after another, Troost struggles through relentless, stifling heat, a variety of deadly bacteria, polluted seas, toxic fish, and worst of all, no television or coffee. He contends with a cast of bizarre local characters and eventually settles into the ebb and flow of island life, just before his return to the culture shock of civilization.--From publisher description
