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The gypsy in me / Ted Simon

By:

Simon, Ted

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Random House , c1997.Description: 318p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN:

0-679-44138-7

Subject(s):

Simon, Ted -- -Journeys -- -Eastern Europe

DDC classification:

92 SIM

Contents:

From Germany to Romania in search of Youth, Truth, and Dad

Summary: The Gypsy in Me recounts Ted Simons 1,500-mile journey through Germany, Poland, Russia, the Ukraine, and Romania. Traveling off the beaten path from the homeland of his German mother to the birthplace of his Romanian Jewish father, he gets an up-close and personal glimpse of lives in a time of change: former East Germans lamenting the loss of Communism, entrepreneurs eager to do business American-style, aloof gypsies, a Russian colonel's family struggling in a troubled economy. And in Romania Simon miraculously meets a man who knew his grandfather, and learns details of his father's mysterious past.Like a grittier Peter Mayle or a less acerbic Paul Theroux, Simon brings out the profound aspects of traveling into the unknown. He is also laugh-out-loud funny, wryly describing being chased by a bull, discovering that Romanian restaurants serve nothing but pork cutlet, and encountering, in the Ukraine, the Worst Toilet in the World. The Gypsy in Me is more than a travelogue -- it is a journey through time and culture as well as through space -- and that gives it universal appeal.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	92 SIM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		048072

From Germany to Romania in search of Youth, Truth, and Dad

The Gypsy in Me recounts Ted Simons 1,500-mile journey through Germany, Poland, Russia, the Ukraine, and Romania. Traveling off the beaten path from the homeland of his German mother to the birthplace of his Romanian Jewish father, he gets an up-close and personal glimpse of lives in a time of change: former East Germans lamenting the loss of Communism, entrepreneurs eager to do business American-style, aloof gypsies, a Russian colonel's family struggling in a troubled economy. And in Romania Simon miraculously meets a man who knew his grandfather, and learns details of his father's mysterious past.Like a grittier Peter Mayle or a less acerbic Paul Theroux, Simon brings out the profound aspects of traveling into the unknown. He is also laugh-out-loud funny, wryly describing being chased by a bull, discovering that Romanian restaurants serve nothing but pork cutlet, and encountering, in the Ukraine, the Worst Toilet in the World. The Gypsy in Me is more than a travelogue -- it is a journey through time and culture as well as through space -- and that gives it universal appeal.

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