A Fortune-Teller Told Me - Earthbound Travels in the Far East
Author(s): Tiziano Terzani
Warned 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.
Product Information
Shortlisted for Thomas Cook/Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award 1998.
For 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.
General Fields
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- : HarperCollins
- : Flamingo
- : 0.253
- : 01 September 1998
- : 197mm X 130mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Tiziano Terzani
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 915.04429
- : 374
- : Mind, body, spirit: thought & practice; Travel & holiday
- : map