At a time when it is America's leading candidate for the star role
of Armageddon, Los Angeles still reigns as the destination par
excellence and de facto trendsetter for the United States. Despite
its curse of ancient and modern-day plagues-what other city can
claim the rights to earthquakes and smog as well as riots and gang
warfare?-Los Angeles remains the mythical source for the blood
flowing through the American heart: the "pot of gold" that lies on
the other coast of the rainbow. In Translating LA, Peter Theroux
leads us beyond the rainbow in an affectionate and anecdotal guide
to the human centers of Los Angeles. By bringing LA's
thousand-and-one ethnic enclaves together with its broad range of
social classes, Theroux understands LA by stretching across its
fault lines with results that are "surprising and illuminating" (LA
Reader). With its genuine sensitivity towards past, present, and
future, Translating LA searches the souls of Angelenos to deliver a
remarkable commentary on America's most complex and diverse city.
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