A Fortune-Teller Told Me by Tiziano Terzani

A Fortune-Teller Told Me by Tiziano Terzani

"An utterly charming and engaging travel book that offers vivid portraits of unusual corners of Asia, told by a skilled raconteur whose eyes were open wide." --Los Angeles Times Book Review

Warned by a Hong Kong fortune-teller not to risk flying for an entire 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."

Traveling by foot, boat, bus, car, and train, he visited Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. Geography expanded under his feet. He consulted soothsayers, sorcerers, and shamans and received much advice--some wise, some otherwise--about his future. With time to think, he learned to understand, respect, and fear for older ways of life and beliefs now threatened by the crasser forms of Western modernity. He rediscovered a place he had been reporting on for decades. And reinvigorated himself in the process.

Tiziano Terzani has been reporting on Asia's wars and revolutions as the Far East reporter for the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel for the past thirty years. He was born in Florence and received his education in both Europe and the United States. He has been based in New Delhi since 1994.

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ISBN 13	9780609809587
ISBN 10	060980958X
Title	A Fortune-Teller Told Me
Author	Tiziano Terzani
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2002-04-23
Number of pages	384
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