Year of the Roasted Ear [French]

By Donna Carrere

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 1840240679
• ISBN13: 9781840240672
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Summersdale Pub Ltd
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Recommended

I am not one to laugh out loud when reading, a fact mentioned by both my housemates when they separately caught me chuckling while reading The Year of the Roasted Ear. The book is above all funny, but is also perceptive (usually at the same time), especially about westerners travelling abroad. It provides several refreshing variations on the adventure travel themes.

Enjoyable account of the author's travels

In the depths of a miserable and rainy Greek winter, the author, her husband and daughter decide to just pack up and head off for more exotic climes to alleviate their misery. This is their intention anyway.Shortly thereafter they arrive in the South-Eastern country of Thailand in an environment they were clearly unprepared for - it's coronary inducing capital - Bangkok. And when I say that, I mean it literally. Within days Carrere's husband has a mild heart attack and the author is plunged into the maddening world of Thai bureaucracy, trying to deal with hospital admission and visa extensions.Her depictions of this time bring a smile to the face of anyone who has had to get anything done in Thailand and her prose sketches of Bangkok and it's people are very well done. When her husband has recuperated it's down to Hua Hin for a spot of R & R having to deal on the way with the ubiquitous Aussie backpackers, more Thai officialdom and fat, sweaty German sex tourists. Then it's on to Penang in Malaysia in search of their original elusive dream of a tropical getaway. Whilst not laugh out loud funny, it is witty and thoughtful and well-observed. Perfect for the armchair traveller dreaming of doing similar and for anyone familiar with the region who wants a mental reminder.