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Buenos Aires | 
 enlarge | Author: Gonzalo Monterroso
Publisher: El Ateneo
Category: Book
List Price: $52.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 820603
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5th Rep
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 8.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 9879471032
Dewey Decimal Number: 918
EAN: 9789879471036
ASIN: 9879471032
Publication Date: March 1, 2001
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Condition: NUEVO/NEW - New special price-has minor shelf wear on cover as the amazon "Look inside" photo shows - exactly like all the other yahoos selling! Hablamos Espanol.
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Book Description
The most representative picture postcards of the capital city of the country. The photographs are arranged in the order of the various tour circuits the visitor may follow. From the port - Puerto Madero and Catalinas, Retiro - the political and commercial center is visited, a walk through San Telmo to visit Plaza Dorrego and the antique shops, moves on to the Boca, on to the Riachuelo and return to the elegant neighborhoods of Recoleta and Palermo where the Rosedal rose garden in Tres de Febrero Park will be admired, to end up placing a bet on the horses of the race track, watching a polo match, cheering in a one of the more traditional soccer stadiums (River Plate or Boca Juniors). The hours of darkness are reserved for the Tango, for eating in traditional restaurants where the barbecue is in full view, or for a cultural evening in the Colon Theatre. It is all in the book for the visitor to recall or share the city's attractions with friends or relatives who have not been to this European city on the banks of the River Plate. Gonzalo Monterroso's texts set the postcards in their epoch and help us to understand Portenos, the natives of Buenos Aires. In a pleasing style, with many a wink and hint at secrets known only to the initiated, the text nicely complements the illustrations.
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 EUROPE IN LATIN AMERICA March 28, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Buenos Aires is by far the most European of the great Latin American cities, it is a city of cafe's and grand avenues. This book captures the essence of this unique city, it gets up close and personal and gets the flavor of the town. I must confess I knew very little about Buenos Aries before picking up this book, I just knew about Evita, uh thank you Madonna, and I had seen pictures of the capitol building, but I really had no idea what a beautiful city this was, well at the very least it photographs well. The people are very Western and sophisicated and don't ever forget these are the people that created the Tango. If you have any interest in this great city, then I highly recommend this book.
 The best pictures and story of Buenos Aires October 26, 2002
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Truly great picture postcard photography of the 'Paris' of South America - Buenos Aires, tango, great food, neighborhood coffee shops, wide avenues and beautiful peoples, most everything you'd what to see, everywhere you wish you had time to visit, all in a book at a really gerat price.
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