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adioto xin mời các bạn đến nghe tác giả John Krich, ngày 13 tháng 5, 2010, lúc 20h tại 113 Triệu Việt Vương, Hà Nội.

You’re invited to join author John Krich at a reading on the 13th of May, 2010, at 20:00, 113 Triệu Việt Vương, Hà Nội.

John Krich is described as “one of the most original voices in new travel writing.”  His travel books include  Won Ton Lust (Adventures in Seach of the World’s Best Chinese Restaurant) 1997, Why Is This Country Dancing? (A One-Man Samba To the Beat of Brazil), 1993, reprinted twice,  El Beisbol (Travels Through the Pan-American Pastime), 1987, Music In Every Room (Around the World In A Bad Mood), first published in 1984 and reprinted three times.  John Krich is also the author of  two novels: One Big Bed, 1986, and A Totally Free Man (The Unauthorized Autobiography of Fidel Castro).

Krich has written for many leading travel magazines, and his articles have appeared in the New York Times,  San Francisco Examiner Magazine, Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune.

He has been the Food columnist, film, culture and design writer for the  Asian Wall Street Journal and now lives in Bangkok.

Educated at Reed College and New York University Film School, John Krich has received many award, including a Special Citation, 1982 PEN/Ernest Hemingway Award (for best first novel in U.S., A Totally Free Man), and was twice the recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts Literary Fellowship.

“John Krich breathes life into words. His voice is uniquely his own and what comes out is funny, revelatory and forever Krichy . . .  — Studs Terkel (on Chicago Is)

He has the rare ability to dance, without betrayal, between myth and history, poetry and politics.” — Richard Grossinger

“His storytelling is hilarious and upbeat, his reportage is miles above others in the genre . . . ” — S.F. Review of Books

“A work of marvelous historical imagination and considerable wit.” — Francine du Plessix Gray (on A Totally Free Man)

“Whether in Nepal, China, Nicaragua, or Brazil, John Krich is that rare writer who makes the places of which he writes more fun to read about than to actually visit.” — Orville Schell (on Why Is This County Dancing?)

“As far from standard travelogue as the Amazon rain forest is from the Tuileries. Some books you can’t put down; this one won’t let you sit still.” — Jeff Greenwald

“Can words dance? Can syntax sway? Can sentences dress up in drag and shimmy? They can if they’re written by John Krich . . . ” — Michael Upchurch, S.F. Chronicle