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So Many Enemies, So Little Time: an American Woman in All the Wrong Places
Elinor Burkett
So Many Enemies, So Little Time: an American Woman in All the Wrong Places
Elinor Burkett
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.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 29, 2005 |
ISBN13 | 9780060524432 |
Publishers | Harper Perennial |
Pages | 336 |
Dimensions | 135 × 21 × 199 mm · 408 g |
Language | English |