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A Fortune-Teller Told Me
by Terzani, Tiziano
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 060960841X
- ISBN 13
- 9780609608418
- Seller
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Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harmony Books, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Am.Ed.. Quarto. A near fine copy -- tight and clean -- except for a few pages in the back that show slight wrinkling due to moisture exposure. The unclipped dustjacket is in great condition. An intriguing novel that details the experiences of the author -- a journalist -- who travels from Europe to Asia by foot, train, & bus after being told by a fortune-teller to avoid flying for an entire year. Wonderfully written..
Synopsis
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.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- The Amber Wave
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000239
- Title
- A Fortune-Teller Told Me
- Author
- Terzani, Tiziano
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Am.Ed.
- ISBN 10
- 060960841X
- ISBN 13
- 9780609608418
- Publisher
- Harmony Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- Quarto
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