A Fortune-Teller Told Me - Earthbound Travels in the Far East (Paperback, New Ed)

In 1976, a Hong Kong fortune-teller told Tiziano Terzani not to fly in 1993 or he would be killed. This restriction to earthbound transport gave him an opportunity to see his beloved Asia in a way he had never done before. A startling insight into how much the East is being swamped by Western goods, attitudes and culture. (Kirkus UK)

Warned by a Hong Kong fortune-teller not to risk flying for a whole year, Tiziano Terzani – a vastly experienced Asia correspondent – took what he called 'the first step into an unknown world… It turned out to be one of the most extraordinary years I have ever spent: I was marked for death, and instead I was reborn.'
Travelling by foot, boat, bus, car and train, he visited Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. Consulting soothsayers and shamans wherever he went, he grew to understand and respect older ways of life and beliefs now threatened by the crasser forms of Western modernity.

"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, sceptical and emotional pilgrim – and wilful 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'

"One of the most interesting and unusual travel books I have ever read."
FIONA PITT-KETHLEY, 'Daily Telegraph'

"A great book written in the best traditions of literary journalism… profound, rich and reflective."
RYSZARD KUPUSCINSKI

General

Imprint:	Flamingo
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1998
Authors:	Tiziano Terzani
Dimensions:	198 x 130 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	375
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-00-655071-6
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Mind, body, spirit: thought & practice > General Books > Travel > General Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Mind, body, spirit: thought & practice > General
LSN:	0-00-655071-1
Barcode:	9780006550716

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