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Ladataan... Mein Mercedes ist nicht zu verkaufen: Eine abenteuerliche Reise durch Afrika (alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi 2006; vuoden 2009 painos)Tekijä: Jeroen van Bergeijk, Gregor Seferens (Übersetzer)
TeostiedotMy Mercedes is Not for Sale: From Amsterdam to Ouagadougou...An Auto-Misadventure Across the Sahara (tekijä: Jeroen van Bergeijk) (2006)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Sometimes I want to read an introspective travel book where the author explores their own psyche as much as they explore the outside world. Other times, it's fun to just read about someone having interesting adventures in far away places. This book's a fine example of the latter category. A very light, quick read but also quite enjoyable. ( ) I have read other Sahara/travel books and enjoyed them, so I picked this up. I gave up because the style didn't engage me, and the writer seemed to be stalling for time, dragging out the opening. First, a long summary of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," apparently connected to how he views his car, then a long description of his trip to the Mercedes factory in Bremen. At that point I gave up. Shallow book about a trans-Saharan journey of a Dutchman in his Mercedes. The most interesting parts are the historical background notes the author weaves through the story. What is supposed to be the main story (the trip) is bland, superficial, and often clichéd. It is obviously a book meant solely for the American market: distances and speeds are given in miles and miles per hour only, volumes are given in gallons only (and this while he drives a German car built for the European market and travels through countries using the decimal system). The language used in the book is sometimes a little awkward, and being a native Dutch speaker I could tell that some phrases were translated literally from Dutch into English. I always get a kick out of travelogues, and this one is no exception: in My Mercedes is (Not) for Sale, Dutch journalist Jeroen Van Bergeijk takes a 1988 Mercedes Benz 190D from Amsterdam to Ouagadougou, through Morocco and the Sahara Desert, to the heart of West Africa, in order to sell the car in the lucrative African used car market. It's a harrowing journey, full of mechanical breakdowns, agonizingly lengthy waits and torments at border crossings, and seedy neighbourhoods - he even survives a political coup in Togo. Please see the rest of my review at The Door is Ajar, at http://shernor2.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/my-mercedes-is-not-for-sale/ In which an adventurous and enterprising Dutchman undertakes driving an old car across the Sahara to sell in West Africa. Driving across the Sahara is apparently not what it used to be; he was rarely off-road. This book nonetheless is as good as any at local color and odd encounters with the mystifying locals, expatriates, and tourists. It's a genial, short book with a minimum of analysis of politics or the ever-popular "African character". ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
"Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?"--Janis Joplin A journalist's intrepid endeavor to sell his used car abroad results in a high-spirited and revealing look at West Africa. "Look, there's my car," I say, pointing at my Mercedes in the parking lot. "Where?" a fellow desert traveler asks. "There, that Mercedes," I say. He looks at me, questioning. "You want to drive that through the Sahara?" Jeroen van Bergeijk came up with what seemed like a great scheme for making a quick profit: buy a clunker of a car in his native Amsterdam and resell it in the Third World, where a market even for jalopies still thrives. His chariot of choice is a rusted-out 1988 Mercedes 190D with 220,000 kilometers on its odometer; his route will take him from Holland through Morocco, across the Sahara, and into some of the least trodden parts of Africa. My Mercedes Is Not for Sale is a rollicking tale of an innocent abroad. The author finds himself facing a driving challenge akin to the Dakar Rally but encounters obstacles never dreamed of by race-car drivers: active minefields, occasional banditry--mostly by the border guards--and a teenage, chain-smoking desert guide with a fondness for Tupac lyrics. Food and water are scarce, sandstorms are frequent, and all he has to patch up his many car breakdowns thousands of miles from civilization is a bar of soap, some duct tape, and a pair of women's nylons. Then there's the coup he survived. My Mercedes Is Not for Sale captures more than the adventure--it vividly portrays the impact of globalization on Africa through a surprise-filled journey into its thriving car culture, while asking the question: is the white man's burden really a used car? Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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