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The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia by Michael Booth
3.0
Sharp at times, hilarious throughout the book, it gives the view of a Brit living in Denmark about the Nordic countries, their economies, cultures and glitches.
As it usually happens, this book is just a (rather educated) view on the Nordic societies. It is compound by theories supported by numerous statistics and one-on-one interviews with specialists on the matter without any pretentious animosity.
As it usually happens, this book is just a (rather educated) view on the Nordic societies. It is compound by theories supported by numerous statistics and one-on-one interviews with specialists on the matter without any pretentious animosity.
En defensa de los ociosos by Robert Louis Stevenson
4.0
Bonita apología de la ociosidad. Suena tan refrescante como si estuviese escrita en la actualidad.
Además, esta edición acompaña pequeñas obras que describen paisajes y países con tal detalle que hacen difícil no caer en la ensoñación y pensar que uno está, por ejemplo, en la Baja California de finales del s.XIX.
Además, esta edición acompaña pequeñas obras que describen paisajes y países con tal detalle que hacen difícil no caer en la ensoñación y pensar que uno está, por ejemplo, en la Baja California de finales del s.XIX.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace
2.0
Brilliant at times, messy and boring in general; this is a book I didn't like from Foster Wallace.