![]() Since this won’t change for the foreseeable future, all we can do is try to travel more responsibly. The book is set in Portugal under dictatorship whilst Spain is in civil war and Germany war mongering. But I struggled to get involved in the book. That is really why I have allocated 3 stars. Tabucchi writes in a concise and simple style. ![]() This is an ideology embodied by the great American travel writer Rick Steves in his essays on “ How to Travel as a Political Act.” Because, ultimately, as Pfeijffer points out, most people are tourists at some point in their lives and many have experienced the negative effects of tourism firsthand. I am an Italian learner and from this perspective the book is useful. ![]() I think it is possible to travel in a minimally problematic way, including doing so more sustainably, building connections, and being respectful of your destination by trying to get to know it while still remembering that you are a tourist. And while his book is a mastery of raising important questions, it is prone to cynicism that isn’t always helpful. Muestra la disyuntiva que enfrenta su protagonista al chocar su apacible vida son la tórrida realidad del país. Pfeijffer adeptly critiques tourists of many types-including those who see themselves as superior and not like those other tourists-but doesn’t tell us what to do instead. Sostiene Pereira, DE Antonio Tabucchi con su novela Sostiene Pereira propone un viaje a la Lisboa de 1938, durante el régimen de Salazar. ![]() And maybe that’s because he doesn’t have any. In his novel, Pfeijffer doesn’t present any solutions for the problems he explores in such depth. ![]()
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