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How to Travel without Seeing: Dispatches from the New Latin America
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A dizzying, fast-paced tour of Latin America provides one of the Spanish-speaking world’s most outstanding writers with the occasion for an experimental travelogue somewhere between personal diary and critical essay.
Lamenting not having more time to get to know each of the nineteen countries he visits after winning the Premio Alfaguara, Andrés Neuman concludes that world t ...more
Lamenting not having more time to get to know each of the nineteen countries he visits after winning the Premio Alfaguara, Andrés Neuman concludes that world t ...more
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Paperback, 252 pages
Published
August 30th 2016
by Restless Books
(first published May 2010)
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i don't believe that i've written what i've seen in this book. it would be more appropriate to say that i observed what i did because i was writing this book. a journal supposedly reflects our thoughts, experiences, and emotions. not at all. it creates them. if we didn't write, reality would disappear from our minds. our eyes would remain empty.the fourth of andrés neuman's books to appear in english translation (all equally wonderful but wildly disparate), how to travel without seeing is a ...more
"I would pass up the desire to create totalities or to give the impression of a whole. I would embrace the fragments."
After winning the Premio Alfaguara literary prize for his novel Traveler of the Century, Neuman embarks on a huge book tour that encompasses 19 countries. This book is the collection of observations from that tour of the "new Latin America".
Starting in his birth country of Argentina (he now lives and works in Spain), he circles South America, Central America, Mexico, Puerto Rico, ...more
After winning the Premio Alfaguara literary prize for his novel Traveler of the Century, Neuman embarks on a huge book tour that encompasses 19 countries. This book is the collection of observations from that tour of the "new Latin America".
Starting in his birth country of Argentina (he now lives and works in Spain), he circles South America, Central America, Mexico, Puerto Rico, ...more
Nov 24, 2016
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I should title this review How to Read About Latin America Without Knowing Anything About Latin America. That's what I did. I loved the idea behind this book. Neuman traveled around Latin America, visiting nineteen countries after winning an important book award, and wrote down quick impressions in every country he visited. I must admit I didn't know any of the politicians he mentions and I only vaguely had heard of a couple of the authors he writes about. It doesn't matter. The book was fresh a
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A love letter to Latin America! Neuman complies his notes and random thoughts while traveling through Latin America for a book tour. He manages to weave in politics, history and contemporary literature written by Latin American writers in his notes effortlessly, while also finding room to reminisce about different Latin American films. All in short quick paragraphs that don't necessarily follow a plot or distinct order. I truly loved that about this book but what hit home was this: "I would acce
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Un libro en forma de pequeñas notas escritras durante el viaje por diferentes países de latinoamérica. Países tan similares de lejos y con tantas diferencias vistos más de cerca: palabras, costumbres, calles, héroes.
Como viajar sin ver además sirve como una guía rápida si se piensa viajar por América latina y también para conocer un par de autores de cada uno de los países.
Como viajar sin ver además sirve como una guía rápida si se piensa viajar por América latina y también para conocer un par de autores de cada uno de los países.
Neuman is a charming writer, not least because he uses this opportunity (winning a prestigious literary prize, traveling throughout Latin and Central and Caribbean America) to muse about everything from local quirks and customs to the brilliance of other writers, many of them his contemporaries. I came away from this wanting to travel to some (not all) of these places and wanting to read most of the writers on whose work he reflects. Plus, that cover. Nice job, Restless Books.
I read this book while travelling so it was the perfect momento for me. Andres Neuman is one of those writers to take account of. I found this book a chaotic, beautiful written and poethically clever. New fan of Neuman.
Compelling. Engrossing. And fun.
Mar 26, 2018
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SÚPER BUENO EL LIBRO. Solo notas de viaje por países latinoamericanos (y Miami), pero... muy, muy disfrutables, y además muy ciertas. Me sentí como leyendo un homenaje a mi propia casa, y es que al final todos los países a este lado del océano se parecen. Y me reí también.
Así que... me encantó. Suave, sencillito, introspectivo, veraz. Nunca había oído del autor y fue una sorpresa. Una sorpresa feliz. Y uno ni siquiera tiene que haber ido a todos las países de los que habla (¡que son 19!) para en ...more
Así que... me encantó. Suave, sencillito, introspectivo, veraz. Nunca había oído del autor y fue una sorpresa. Una sorpresa feliz. Y uno ni siquiera tiene que haber ido a todos las países de los que habla (¡que son 19!) para en ...more
“The buoyant Neuman takes readers on a phantasmagoric journey through Latin America…. a virtuoso demonstration of writing on the fly. After winning one of the Spanish-speaking world’s most lauded awards, the Premio Alfaguara, Neuman was sent on a massive 19-country tour that took him from his home in Argentina to far-flung appearances across Latin America. The writing is clever, light, and self-aware in a way that most travelogues are not…. The translation by Lawrence is spot-on… Neuman is prese
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This book was truly a unique experience. Seeing Neuman's journey, or perhaps travelling alongside him, made me feel that I was getting a deeper insight to all these places he's been than I could have any other way (save travelling myself). As I got deeper and deeper into the book, it became harder and harder to pull away - I wanted more.
I got more. As the last few chapters approached, I lost track of everything else and felt submerged in Neuman's writing. His last two chapters, however, are one ...more
I got more. As the last few chapters approached, I lost track of everything else and felt submerged in Neuman's writing. His last two chapters, however, are one ...more
The perfect companion for my trip to Argentina. I loved the set-up of flash thoughts/ little notes on Latin American culture, literature, and political history. Neuman's writing (humorous, critical, observant) is also fantastic.
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Livro agradável e simpático de Neuman, fragmentos perspicazes e divertidos. Boa leitura de ônibus, estando em trânsito.
Back to Latin America, this time travel fiction/essay/micro fiction. Andrés Neuman’s latest “How To Travel Without Seeing”. Subtitled “Dispatches from the new Latin America”. Let’s let Neuman’s opening paragraph explain:
When the publishing house Alfaguara sent me the exhaustive itinerary of the book tour for their annual novel prize, I was sorry I wouldn’t have more time to spend in each place. But then I thought, isn’t that the point? Aren’t I going to experience, without even planning it, the ...more
When the publishing house Alfaguara sent me the exhaustive itinerary of the book tour for their annual novel prize, I was sorry I wouldn’t have more time to spend in each place. But then I thought, isn’t that the point? Aren’t I going to experience, without even planning it, the ...more
Jan 12, 2016
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¿Cómo se viaja cuando uno apenas tiene algunos días para no ver un lugar? Esta es la premisa de Cómo viajar sin ver, colección de pensamientos de un escritor en tránsito. De Buenos Aires a San José, Neuman intenta capturar un cúmulo de contradicciones y explicárselas, si a nadie más, por lo menos a sí mismo. Fascinante exploración de la forma que toma la literatura de viajes en el siglo XXI.
Traveling with an author who keeps a journal of the Latin America countries he visits on a book tour. This is a great book for finding Latin American authors you can't normally locate in an American bookstore. The author's insights into the cities he visits are enjoyable and the airports entertaining. This is an easy read and the differences between Spanish and Latin American cultures well worth the effort.
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Neuman sin lugar a duda está pasando a ser uno de mis escritores favoritos, en este relato se notan con mayor facilidad.
La narrativa es única, ligera, divertida e interesante; el autor te lleva de la mano por sus experiencias, los describe simplemente pero con las características esenciales, te da la sensación de estar en distintos viajes al mismo tiempo.
La narrativa es única, ligera, divertida e interesante; el autor te lleva de la mano por sus experiencias, los describe simplemente pero con las características esenciales, te da la sensación de estar en distintos viajes al mismo tiempo.
Loved it.
Unlike any other travel diary. Made me feel like I was thinking these thoughts, rather than reading them. Would love to read more by this author. He has an exceptional style.
Unlike any other travel diary. Made me feel like I was thinking these thoughts, rather than reading them. Would love to read more by this author. He has an exceptional style.
I was prepared to not like this book at all, afterall it has no real plot and is written in short musings while the author is on an extended book tour in places I have never been. I was hooked by page 25.
At first, I don't notice the hotel descriptions. By the end, I wish they were all collected together in an excel sheet so I could scroll through them and laugh. I also love how he describes public transport (or the lack of it), taxi driving and transport in general. And in at least one place, t ...more
At first, I don't notice the hotel descriptions. By the end, I wish they were all collected together in an excel sheet so I could scroll through them and laugh. I also love how he describes public transport (or the lack of it), taxi driving and transport in general. And in at least one place, t ...more
A finales del año pasado descubrí 'Polaroids de grullas volando bajo un cielo naranja' de León Plascencia Ñol. En ese momento, ese libro se convirtió en mi libro de viajes favorito... hasta hoy.
Si bien dicho libro (Polaroids...) es en cuerpo y forma más completo y ofrece una experiencia adicional (su playlist musical para cada capítulo es muy adecuada), disfruté más este de Neuman aunque tenga menos calificación. La estrella que le faltó fue, irónicamente, por lo que le sobró al libro: Tegucigal ...more
Si bien dicho libro (Polaroids...) es en cuerpo y forma más completo y ofrece una experiencia adicional (su playlist musical para cada capítulo es muy adecuada), disfruté más este de Neuman aunque tenga menos calificación. La estrella que le faltó fue, irónicamente, por lo que le sobró al libro: Tegucigal ...more
A funny, whimsical account of Andres Neuman's travels across a wide swathe of Latin America, from Buenos Aires to Miami and pretty much everywhere in between. Each place — typically a capital city — includes vignettes, tossed-off observations, and newspaper clippings. Readers expecting long ruminations about each place are likely to be disappointed.
And yet Neuman's ephemeral musings gave me, a person with only a limited amount of experience in Latin America, a stronger feeling for the place than ...more
And yet Neuman's ephemeral musings gave me, a person with only a limited amount of experience in Latin America, a stronger feeling for the place than ...more
Neuman is a clever and poetic observer. The remarks on South American politics, lifestyle and literature are amazing, funny and authentic. If you know nearly nothing about that part of Mother Earth - as I did. It is an excellent starting point to dig in into the richness of that continent.
I really enjoyed Neuman's take on traveling in his native Latin America. Having visited most of the cities he visited I have to admit I shared many of his meditations and observations of the cities of Latin America. For me it was a nice trip down memory lane :)
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notas y acotaciones, escritas a vuelo sobre países latinoamericanos. En algunos pasajes nos descubre y describe bien algunas características de Latinoamérica. La idea es genial pero a mi me parece que le falta chispita.
"Así se resume el aprendizaje de cualquier vida: darles a las cosas la bienvenida que merecen, despedirlas con la debida gratitud."
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How to travel without seeing? Wonderful Experience! A distinct travel writing
“I would accept that traveling means, more than anything else, not seeing. That life is a fragment rather than a unity. The only thing we have is a glimmer of attention."
The author of this book, Andres Neuman, former winner of Spain’s prestigious Alfaguara Prize and the National Critics Prize, was sent on a book tour of 18 countries by the publishing house - Alfaguara - for their annual novel prize. In his own words, "rather than write an in-depth report, I was interested in writing a cross betw ...more
The author of this book, Andres Neuman, former winner of Spain’s prestigious Alfaguara Prize and the National Critics Prize, was sent on a book tour of 18 countries by the publishing house - Alfaguara - for their annual novel prize. In his own words, "rather than write an in-depth report, I was interested in writing a cross betw ...more
“A good portion of my life has been spent learning to say goodbye. That could be the lesson of any life: giving all things the welcome they deserve, and wishing them farewell with the proper gratitude. From my first move as a child up to this day, I have said a series of goodbyes, some larger, some smaller. In this succession of farewells, whose intervals have been the very measure of my life, I can identify my transformations. Before, when I returned to my native country, I felt that I was sayi
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como es viajar por toda latinoamerica de corrido? que puedes alcanzar a ver cuando estas en un pais por solo horas? este libro es la respuesta. andres neuman viajo por el continente en el 2009, desde uruguay hasta miami. por medio de anotaciones cortas podemos ver cuales fueron las cosas que le llamaron mas la atencion. me parecio una lectura muy interesante-aun que un hubiera podido preferido leerlo en su epoca- y muy recomendada para entender que peculiaridades hay en cada uno de nuetros paise
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Jan 25, 2012
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Lo tenía que devolver a la biblioteca, una lástima porque me estaba gustando más de lo que esperaba. volveré a cogerlo
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