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May 1970, freelance human rights investigator is John Alexander horseback rides, Away from the scene of His latest mission. Flames engulf The Second Story Of The Hacienda Atalaya in southern Ecuador's Santa Isabel district That Alexander and a local named Efrain Have just set ablaze. Their arson is Not just a typical job in Alexander's "human rights" campaign. It Is a symbolic burning of The Powerful Veintimita clan's shady politics and operation Of The local peasantry. A Hired snitch Who Has POURSUITES The international sex trade, agribusiness scandals, shady elections, and Political murders for Various foundations' boards, Alexander Is A single guy With Two American passports, a British Residency Card, a master's degree in folklore from Edinburgh, and an attitude. Dark and fast-paced, The Ecuador Effect has combined liberal dose of Ecuadorian / Quechua Indian Culture With The drama of a novel. David Stuart fictionalizations Major events he Witnessed while doing Anthropological fieldwork in Ecuador and shares The Real-Life Struggles Of The cholos, The mestizos, indios & the In Their Attempt to Maintain Their working-class Livelihoods in a strikingly stratified Society That Pushes them out of Their traditional settlements. CommentsAngelita Grammatica says... This book gave me the answers I was looking for and introduced some items I hadn't even thought about.Nicely organized, fairly concise, informative but certainly not dry, it provides an excellent overview of what to expect when taking a trip to Ecuador. Posted on May 6, 2011 Esperanza Henwood says... As a person who has dealt with maps for forty years, I recognize both the look and feel of a good map, and how depictions on paper need to be clear and useful.This map fulfilled every expectation. Posted on May 7, 2011 Melinda Bohman says... Am I missing something? $151.00 for a MAP??? I would really like to find a good map of Ecuador and I realize they're hard to find but come on! Not at this price. Posted on May 7, 2011 Lorean Wollyung says... This is a wonderfully written, extremely entertaining novel.Read just after my return from Ecuador, it was a fantastic look into an Ecuador I'd only learned to love. Posted on May 7, 2011 Frank Nyswonger says... I just spent a couple of weeks biking around Ecuador, with this map and the Ecuador Map by ITMB.This was the better of the two maps for two reasons:(1) it's laminated; (2) it has severalmap insets of cities, including two of Quito and central Quito that I found particularly useful. The ITMB's upside is that it had more color shading for elevation that better demonstrates topography; the Borch map only has monochrome elevation shading and pinpoint heights for peaks, etc.That made the ITMB helpful for planning biking routes, where elevation change was important. The ITMB is also at a larger scale (1:700,000 for ITMB as opposed to 1:1,000,000 for Borch) but that did not seem to make much difference in the detail (towns, roads) on the maps.The scale difference is more pronounced the far Oriente, which is on the backside of the Borch map at 1:2,000,000 -- the main (1:700,000) map cuts off about 25km east of the Tena-Puyo-Baeza road.This seems like a fair compromise to allow the extra real estate devoted to city inserts, because number of people going that far east is pretty low. So, although I'm glad I had both maps, if I had to choose one, it'd be the Borch. Posted on May 11, 2011 Tamera Armster says... Moon's division of accomodations into price categories was very helpful in planning our trip to Ecuador.I also liked the detailed maps of the 4 regions; it gave more detail about roads than the countrywide map we ordered from another source.I also appreciated their candor about less than positive safety and appeal in some areas.Will order from Moon when traveling elsewhere. Posted on May 14, 2011 Damian Piland says... Wow!A devastatingly gorgeous story of how one man, an American stranger in southern Ecuador, learns a thing or two about love, family and justice.David E. Stuart takes you on a journey that breaks your heart, sets it aflutter, and then afire.Powerfully written, Stuart crafts a riveting story with a quick tempo.It's a literary dark horse. Posted on May 14, 2011 Carlo Wintringham says... David Stuart's ECUADOR EFFECT appears--at first glance--to be a fictionalized version of his own anthropological fieldwork in Ecuador in the 1970s.But it is much more than just that.It is a deeply felt commentary on the human condition, from a sensitive and observant soul who writes knowingly of a country and its people from a base of personal experience. ECUADOR EFFECT moves on several levels simultaneously:It is the very stuff of Greek tragedy, the working out of deep, irremediable human flaws toward a seemingly pre-destined end.It is a work of anthropology, revealing the soul of a country (one of the three so-called 'Indian' countries of South America, along with Peru and Bolivia, the former 'Alta Peru').And is a powerful (for want of a stronger term), excruciatingly moving story of human evil in all its forms, and the price that ultimately must be paid for that evil. I have not read a finer tale in my 61 years, nor one that more effectively engages all the human senses and reactions. Those who have read Dr. Stuart's Guaymas books will recognize his major themes, and once again enjoy the work of a master storyteller, who makes the distinction between fiction and non-fiction irrelevant as he moves expertly through all the dark alleys--and the brighter, happier glades as well--of the essential human agony. Jack Snyder Posted on May 15, 2011 Jacinda Alviar says... I think this book is a comprehensive and excellent resource for anyone considering moving to Ecuador, which would be me.The topics from history to current culture and politices, climate, demographics, etc. were very helpful to me. Posted on May 16, 2011 Eula Vannatten says... Map is new, but cannot find year of printing although it has all major and secondary roads... I am quite pleased Posted on May 17, 2011 Leave a Comment |
