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An utterly unique travel memoir about a gay expat searching an otherworldly place for a deeper understanding of his partner and his adoptive homeland. Embark on an extraordinary odyssey through the heart of the worlds driest nonpolar desert - the Atacama. In Mars on Earth, intrepid journalist Mark Johanson navigates this otherworldly terrain, a sliver of camel-coloured hills, windswept dunes, and desolate salt flats nestled between the Pacifics tumultuous waves and the towering Andes. Unfolding against the backdrop of Chiles 2019-2020 protests, Marks journey begins in Santiago, unravelling a rich tapestry of human resilience and passion that fuels a nations desire for change.
As he traverses 1,200 miles of alien landscapes, Mark climbs to the Andean altiplanos dizzying heights, explores the Pacifics kelp forests, and ventures onto a lithium-rich salt flat threatened by progress. The narrative reaches new...