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A Fortune-Teller Told Me

Earthbound Travels in the Far East

Earthbound Travels in the Far East

By Tiziano Terzani

By Tiziano Terzani

By Tiziano Terzani

By Tiziano Terzani

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Paperback $16.00

Apr 23, 2002 | ISBN 9780609809587

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Feb 17, 2010 | ISBN 9780307565730

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    About A Fortune-Teller Told Me

    “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.

    About A Fortune-Teller Told Me

    Warned by a Hong Kong fortune-teller not to risk flying for a whole 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 it reinvigorated him.

    The result is an immensely engaging, insightful, and idiosyncratic journey, filled with unexpected delights and strange encounters. A bestseller and major prizewinner in Italy, A Fortune-Teller Told Me is a powerful warning against the new missionaries of materialism.

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    About Tiziano Terzani

    For thirty years TIZIANO TERZANI has lived in Asia, reporting on its wars and revolutions as Far East correspondent of the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel. Born in Florence, he was educated in Europe and the United States. In 1975 he… More about Tiziano Terzani

    About Tiziano Terzani

    For thirty years TIZIANO TERZANI has lived in Asia, reporting on its wars and revolutions as Far East correspondent of the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel. Born in Florence, he was educated in Europe and the United States. In 1975 he… More about Tiziano Terzani

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Travel: Asia

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Crown
    Apr 23, 2002 | 384 Pages | 5-1/2 x 9-1/8 | ISBN 9780609809587

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Travel: Asia

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Crown
    Feb 17, 2010 | 384 Pages | ISBN 9780307565730

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    Praise

    “Terzani’s thoughtful progression provides great pleasure because he is more open to the people, and people are always the real journey.” —Book Page

    “A marvelous traveling companion, Terzani entertains us with his reflections on subjects from astrology to political violence, from the depravity of Bangkok to the sterility of Singapore, and introduces us to the characters he meets along the way.” —O, The Oprah Magazine

    “An extraordinary and nuanced account of a journey through the Far East and Southeast Asia.” —Library Journal

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