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A Fortune Teller Told Me Earthbound Travels In The Far EastStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionWarned by a fortune-teller not to risk flying, the author -- a seasoned correspondent -- took to travelling by rail, road and sea. Consulting fortune-tellers and shamans wherever he went, he learnt to understand and respect older ways of life and beliefs now threatened by the crasser forms of Western modernity. AwardsShortlisted for Thomas Cook/Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award 1998. Author descriptionFor 25 years Terzani has lived in Asia, witnessing and reporting on its wars and revolutions. Born in Florence, educated in Europe and the US, Terzani became Far Eastern correspondent of Der Spiegel in 1971. |