Ballet in the Cane Fields, by diplomat-cum-author Judith Ravin, takes the reader to the Dominican Republic of today-the "loudest place on earth"-where nothing is too insignificant to be a conversation starter. While neighbors bring chairs outside for idle conversation, everything moves in slow motion. Listlessness conquers even the little ones, whose solution to the heat is a Popsicle that tricks the body into a short-lived chill as iced tentacles drip down the chin. Taxi drivers, a prepubescent hip hop star and the pedestrian masses populate this series of autobiographical vignettes that reflect the optimism and generosity of the author's perspective on humanity. Laborar para el Departamento de Estado como Oficial del Servicio Exterior implica un compromiso de disponibilidad mundial para la aplicacion de las herramientas de la diplomacia donde quiera que se necesiten. Ballet en los canaverales, una serie de vinetas autobiograficas vividas en la Republica Dominicana de hoy, surgio...

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