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Inclui os nomes: Nick Danziger, Nick Danzinger

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So-so; neither overly insightful or very interesting. Read this while on an airplane which was more interesting than sleeping....
 
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untraveller | outras 2 resenhas | Jan 13, 2014 |
Nick Danziger's book is about his travels around the UK in 1994, meeting and listening to people living in poverty who are marginalised. He visits urban and rural areas in his trip. He reports stories from all ages and clearly has a gift for engaging with young people; meeting them on their terms on the street. He makes a good attempt to report what he hears without judgement and he is very thorough in the different tales he records. By the end of the book the stories are familiar, of drug taking, serial unemployment and training schemes, family break-ups and squalor and it is a book you can dip in to, reading about places you know or live near. For anyone unfamiliar with the poorer areas of the UK, this book is a massive revelation.… (mais)
 
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CarolKub | 1 outra resenha | Mar 17, 2010 |
His story of going through Afghanistan is really amazing. However, he seems to tire later on (as he admits himself), and spends the pages describing expatriate social life and his attempts to get his visa renewed.
 
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breic2 | outras 2 resenhas | Mar 5, 2008 |
Interseting travelogue of a man who lived and came to admire the mujahadin of Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation. Provides some useful insights into todays (2005 / 06) troubles. Good discriptions of Tibet and interior China
 
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adamvasco | outras 2 resenhas | Sep 4, 2006 |

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Obras
8
Membros
468
Popularidade
#52,559
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Resenhas
5
ISBNs
15
Idiomas
2

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