Rain Fall by Barry Eisler
From Bhutan to Bali, from China to the Ukraine, from Micronesia to Cuba, Paul Chesley has photographed not only the romance of illusions but the magic of reality in thousands of instants, as said by Joseph Conrad.
This memoir of an artist s life will highlight the best images of his career from a geisha on a phone in a limousine, to the chromatic lifestyles of Havana, the forbidding ranks of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the faces of post-war Vietnam and the volcanic island of Iceland plus countless other countries in the past four decades.
Chesley often focuses on the mercurial aspects of cultures in transition. He is drawn to those places where life seems to be on hold for just a fraction of time between the past and the future. His goal has always been the fleeting moments of the present before it is swept away in the never ending tide of history.
While this book takes us to a score of faraway places, it is not attempting to be an ethnographic record. The accompanying, informal essays and the Introduction by Keith Lorenz intend to furnish a personal vision of history and place. These perspectives do not encourage facts to overwhelm the narrative. The aim of photos and text is to provide a mood, not an explanation.
Barry Eisler worked for the CIA's Directorate of Operations for three years as an undercover agent; after that, he practiced law in the technological field and worked as an executive in Silicon Valley and Japan. Meanwhile, he earned a black belt at the Kodokan Judo Institute. His suspense novels have been on numerous bestseller lists, have been translated into twenty languages, and include the number one bestseller The Detachment. He lives in San Francisco's Bay Area, where he writes novels and digital bitácoras on torture, civil liberties, and the United States of America. Further information is available at www.barryeisler.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780399149108 |
| ISBN 10 | 0399149104 |
| Title | Rain Fall |
| Author | Barry Eisler |
| Series | John Rain Thrillers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| Year published | 2002-07-22 |
| Number of pages | 305 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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