Stupid Gringo

Jean‑Louis Langevin strolled away from the Gold Museum, and reflected that Bogota was not quite as he had been led to expect. Someone in the office back home in Paris had said 'They call it the city of eternal spring,' and so Jean‑Louis had arrived in the expectation that cherry trees wou...

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Publicado no:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/jsse,
Autor principal: De Bernières, Louis
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Français
Publicado em: Journal of the Short Story in English 2008
Acesso em linha:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Resumo:Jean‑Louis Langevin strolled away from the Gold Museum, and reflected that Bogota was not quite as he had been led to expect. Someone in the office back home in Paris had said 'They call it the city of eternal spring,' and so Jean‑Louis had arrived in the expectation that cherry trees would be in blossom, daffodils would be nodding in the parks, and beautiful tropical girls would be out and about in partial states of undress. He sniffed the moist air, with its bouquet of carbon monoxide and ...