A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East - Rilegato

Terzani, Tiziano

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ISBN 10: 060960841X ISBN 13: 9780609608418

Casa editrice: Crown Pub, 2001

Riassunto

An Asia correspondent recounts a year of traveling the Far East by foot, boat, bus, car, and train--visiting Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia and rediscoverring the people and unique culture of each country. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Terzani is already something of a legend. He is a wonderful journalist. But he is much more than that. His book is not the self-important tale of a journalist but the progress of a modern, skeptical, and emotional pilgrim -- and willful showman . . . part autobiography; part journey through the comforting past, the unbearable present, and the unwelcoming future; and part prophecy. . . . He has written magnificently all his life. Never better than now.”
-- William Shawcross, Literary Review

“A great book written in the best traditions of literary journalism . . . profound, rich, and reflective.”
-- Ryszard Kapuscinski

“One of the most interesting and unusual travel books I have ever read.”
-- Pitt-Kethley, Daily Telegraph (London)

L'autore:

For thirty years TIZIANO TERZANI has lived in Asia, reporting on its wars and revolutions as Far East correspondent of the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel. Born in Florence, he was educated in Europe and the United States. In 1975 he was one of the few Western journalists to witness the North Vietnamese takeover of Saigon. In 1984 he was living in Peking when he was arrested and expelled for "counter-revolutionary activity."His last book, Goodnight, Mister Lenin: A Journey Through the End of the Soviet Empire, was published in several languages and shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Award in 1991. Since 1994 he has made New Delhi his base.

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• Editore: Crown Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 060960841X
• ISBN 13: 9780609608418
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 371