A Barbarian in Asia

Type

Book

Authors

Henri Michaux

Tags

Chinese, Japanese, Memoirs, Travelers & Explorers, Literary, General, Literary & Religious, Travel Writing, Literary Fiction, China, India, Japan, Far East

Description

A wild journey to the East narrated by a writer who is “without equal in the literature of our time” (Jorge Luis Borges)Henri Michaux (1899–1984), the great French poet and painter, set out as a young man to see the Far East. Traveling from India to the Himalayas, and on to China and Japan, Michaux voices his vivid impressions, cutting opinions, and curious insights: he has no trouble speaking his mind. Part fanciful travelogue and part exploration of culture, A Barbarian in Asia is presented here in its original translation by Sylvia Beach, the famous American-born bookseller in Paris. - from Amzon

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