From the Center of the Earth: Stories Out of the Peace Corps [Paperback]

Geraldine Kennedy (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 223 pages
• Publisher: Clover Park Pr (October 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962863203
• ISBN-13: 978-0962863202
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171,467 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #95 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Current Events > War & Peace

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars by JANET POST, Boston Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, June 18, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: From the Center of the Earth: Stories Out of the Peace Corps (Paperback)

What is so remarkable about these stories is how well they deliver the absolute essence, not of a Peace Corps "experience," but of the cultures of the host countries. If there are 130,000 RPCVs in this country, why haven't we had more of an effect on attitudes and policies? I think we can by putting this book on our family coffee tables and night stands, in our town libraries, and in our shcools. With today's economy, it is a wonderful gift­for families, friends, and teachers

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars from KLIATT, YOUNG ADULT PAPERBACK BOOK GUIDE, June 18, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: From the Center of the Earth: Stories Out of the Peace Corps (Paperback)

This collection of 13 short stories written by Peace Corps volunteers with advanced degrees and American ways of seeing social and economic life, is full of unexpected insights. As the stories unfold, one understands just a bit better why a fish farmer gives away most of his hard-earned first harvest; how school lessons reinforced with beatings are still considered the only way to make students learn in one village; how young tribal Africans, with good humor, put a young volunteer in his place with an elaborate version of a rural snipe hunt; why one older volunteer chose to remain permanently

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars from VILLAGE VIEW, June 18, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: From the Center of the Earth: Stories Out of the Peace Corps (Paperback)

The collection contains a surprising amount of humor for a book grounded in cultrual turmoil, global poverty, linguistic confusion, and a decent amount of tragedy. . .a crash course in cultural relativism while capturing the pecular sights, struggles, and smells of distant places