Description
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.Author: Natascha Scott-Stokes
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 09/15/2024
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780826366627
ISBN10: 0826366627
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- Travel | South America | Chile & Easter Island
- History | Latin America | South America