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(4) | None | While writing a novel set in South America, John Hopkins travelled back there to "reacquaint himself with the scene". In 1972-3, he travelled by train, bus and boat from Mexico City to the centre of the continent, through Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua and on to Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. Hopkins travelled slowly, deliberately, savouring every experience along the way. But the journey was fraught with his angst-ridden strivings to write his novel and with the troubled love he had for Madeleine, his travelling companion. In these heat-scorched, tequila-infused pages, Hopkins paints a sultry, exquisite portrait of South America and in so doing masters an art that he believed would forever elude him.… (more) |
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Puno, Pérou (3 855 mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer).
Hôtel de la Gare, 8,00 $.
Ce doit être une des villes les plus atroces, tristes, froides, mornes et déprimantes où j'aie eu la malchance de me retrouver coincé. Il pleut, il grêle, il fait un froid glacial - et dire que je vais devoir y passer les quarante-huit prochaines heures à attendre le bateau en partance pour la Bolivie !  | |
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None ▾Book descriptions While writing a novel set in South America, John Hopkins travelled back there to "reacquaint himself with the scene". In 1972-3, he travelled by train, bus and boat from Mexico City to the centre of the continent, through Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua and on to Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. Hopkins travelled slowly, deliberately, savouring every experience along the way. But the journey was fraught with his angst-ridden strivings to write his novel and with the troubled love he had for Madeleine, his travelling companion. In these heat-scorched, tequila-infused pages, Hopkins paints a sultry, exquisite portrait of South America and in so doing masters an art that he believed would forever elude him. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description |
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Quelle différence par rapport à la légèreté des débuts de Hopkins dans les carnets du Nil blanc ! L’ombre de Malcolm Lowry pèse sur ces pages. L’alcool comme une crainte et comme un viatique en même temps. (