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An exile's view of Bolivia.(First Person)
MY PARTNER JOHN AND I are holidaying in Port Stephens, and a waiter asks John, after he places our order, whether we are visiting from England. John was born in England but has been living in Australia for over thirty years. Those with a sensitive ear can pick up his slight cockney accent. John explains that he is originally from London and that I am from La Paz, Bolivia.
"From Bolivia!" the young man exclaims. "Then you must be a very good cook."
Laughing, we tell him that at home John does most of the cooking. We don't tell him that before I migrated to Australia in 1988, I belonged to a professional, upper-middle-class family in Bolivia, and that ...
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