The River's Tale by Edward Gargan
Along the Mekong, from northern Tibet to Lijiang, from Luang Prabang to Phnom Penh to Can Lo, I moved from one world to another, among cultural islands often ignorant of each other's presence. Yet each island, as if built on shifting sands and eroded and reshaped by a universal sea, was re-forming itself, or was being remolded, was expanding its horizons or sinking under the rising waters of a cultural global warming. It was a journey between worlds, worlds fragiley conjoined by a river both ominous and luminescent, muscular and bosomy, harsh and sensuous.From windswept plateaus to the South China Sea, the Mekong flows for three thousand miles, snaking its way through Southeast Asia. Long fascinated with this part of the world, former New York Times correspondent Edward Gargan embarked on an ambitious exploration of the Mekong and those living within its watershed. The River's Tale is a rare and profound book that delivers more than a correspondent's account of a place. It is a seminal examination of the Mekong and its people, a testament to the their struggles, their defeats and their victories.
Edward A.Gargan covered Asia for Newsday after working as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief for the New York Times in West Africa, China, India, and Hong Kong. He also worked as a magazine writer for the Los Angeles Times. Edward R. was his name. He is the author of China's Destiny and a Murrow Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He lives on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and is based in Beijing.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780375705595 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375705597 |
| Title | The River's Tale |
| Author | Edward Gargan |
| Series | Vintage Departures |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2003-01-07 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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