God's Dust

Modern Asian Journey

Ian Buruma (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

267 Seiten

1991 | New edition
Vintage (Verlag)
978-0-09-980210-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Tourists in Asia are often told to leave the cities, temples of Western materialism and seek the true spirit of the East in villages. This dichotomy of spiritual Asia and the materialistic West is challenged by the author, who travelled in eight countries, from Burma to Thailand and Singapore.

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Tourists in Asia are often told to leave the cities, temples of Western materialism and seek the true spirit of the East in dusty villages. This sweeping dichotomy of spiritual Asia and the materialistic West is challenged by the author, who spent a year travelling in eight countries, from Burma's rural isolation to the sexual Disneyland of Thailand and the sterile suburbia of Singapore. This book is a blend of history, personal observation, interviews and informed reportage which portrays an Asia suffering a crisis of cultural identity. The author also wrote "A Japanese Mirror".

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.4.1991
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 129 x 198 mm
• Gewicht: 218 g
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
• ISBN-10: 0-09-980210-4 / 0099802104
• ISBN-13: 978-0-09-980210-5 / 9780099802105
• Zustand: Neuware