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Travels in a Thin Country
A Journey Through Chile
Sara Wheeler
Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · March 16, 1999
Reading lane: Travel in Chile & Easter Island
Squeezed between a vast ocean and the longest mountain range on earth, Chile is 2,600 miles long and never more than 110 miles wide--not a country that lends itself to maps, as Sara Wheeler discovered when she traveled alone from the top to the bottom, from the driest desert in the world to the sepulchral wastes of Antarctica.
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Why This Clicks
Chile in Profile
A solo passage through Chile pairs sharp historical perspective with dry, nimble amusement.
Come here for
- Chile from the driest desert to Antarctica
- Travel writing alive to history and geography
Expect
- An eloquent, astute, deftly amusing voice
- A country difficult to fit on a map
Book Details
- Authors
- Sara Wheeler
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- March 16, 1999
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Travel in Chile & Easter Island · Literary Travel
- Reading lane
- Travel in Chile & Easter Island
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Publisher Categories
Essay Collections
Caribbean & Latin American Criticism
South America Travel
About This Book
Squeezed between a vast ocean and the longest mountain range on earth, Chile is 2,600 miles long and never more than 110 miles wide--not a country that lends itself to maps, as Sara Wheeler discovered when she traveled alone from the top to the bottom, from the driest desert in the world to the sepulchral wastes of Antarctica. Eloquent, astute, nimble with history and deftly amusing, Travels in a Thin Country established Sara Wheeler as one of the very best travel writers in...
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