Tales from the Sharp End
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Tales from the Sharp End

A Portrait of Chile

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Tales from the Sharp End

A Portrait of Chile

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Tales from the Sharp End: A Portrait of Chile is based on fifteen years of Natascha Scott-Stokes living and exploring the country of Chile. The book offers a vivid tapestry of stories ranging from history and culture to flora and fauna, woven into the author’s own tales of adventure and heartbreak.Chile is 4, 300 kilometers long but a mere 350 kilometers at its widest, lined by the Andes to the east and the Pacific to the west. Traveling along the Pan-American Highway takes you to both the driest desert on earth and impenetrable cloud forests barring the way to Patagonian ice fields. Here is the true magnet of this jagged knife-edge of a country: the unique landscape born of its geography and the gorgeous plant and animal life there. Few things are more thrilling than climbing the coastal mountains to see both the Andes and the ocean at the same time, or to set eyes on the mighty River Baker churning through southern Patagonia.Natascha Scott-Stokes offers both a love letter to Chile and a heartfelt lament for a country living at the sharp end of human folly and climate change.

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Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Year
2024
ISBN
9780826366634
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Heart of Darkness: The Conquistador Legacy
  9. 2. Trails of Discovery
  10. 3. The Poison Chalice: Women in History
  11. 4. The Limache Valley
  12. 5. Riches from the Sea
  13. 6. The Flowering Desert: The Norte Chico
  14. 7. 2010 Earthquake
  15. 8. Sundays with Don Guido
  16. 9. Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
  17. 10. Mummies in the Desert: The Norte Grande
  18. 11. Silence: The Undigested Past
  19. 12. Gracias a la vida
  20. 13. Señora Gilda: Poverty in Person
  21. 14. In the Land of the Monkey Puzzle Tree
  22. 15. The Open Wound of the AraucanĂ­a
  23. 16. Araña de rincón: The Spider in the Corner
  24. 17. Patagonia
  25. 18. The Unluckiest Botanist in the World
  26. 19. September 11
  27. 20. House of Shame: Domestic Violence
  28. 21. Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan FernĂĄndez Archipelago)
  29. 22. Chile Rising, or the Estallido Social
  30. 23. Paradise Valley: ValparaĂ­so
  31. 24. The Right to Live in Peace
  32. 25. Crossroads
  33. 26. Water
  34. 27. The 2020 Plague Year
  35. 28. Cambia todo cambia: Everything Changes
  36. Postscript
  37. Notes
  38. Select Bibliography
  39. About the Author