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I Have Seen The World Begin - Travels Through China, Cambodia And Vietnam

I Have Seen The World Begin - Travels Through China, Cambodia And Vietnam

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I Have Seen The World Begin - Travels Through China, Cambodia And Vietnam

by Jensen, Carsten

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9780151007684
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Harcourt, New York, 2000. 1st US edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F. xii+337pp, 3 b/w maps, a nice fine copy. New. Account of the Danish authors journey by Rail accross China & down the Coast of Vietnam to Cambodia. packed with the sights, sounds & smells of Asia.

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When Carsten Jensen set out by train from Denmark on a journey to the East, he expected to find lands of rich history and culture, and people undergoing radical change at the end of the twentieth century. In this illuminating narrative of his travels, there is this and much, much more. Fusing social commentary and history with vibrant descriptions of people and places, Jensen brilliantly evokes the sights, sounds, and smells of these venerable civilizations. He examines the reverberations of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China, always attuned to the restless air of expectancy in the country, but also finds time for remote concerts of ancient Chinese music. He renders the pervasive sense of destruction, despair, and loss in Cambodia with particular sensitivity, wondering at the specter of death that still hovers over the landscape. And it is in Vietnam, with its palpable legacy of colonialism and war, that Jensen ultimately loses himself in an extraordinary love affair. At once compelling and richly informative, I Have Seen the World Begin is an incredible journey.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
I Have Seen The World Begin - Travels Through China, Cambodia And Vietnam
Author
Jensen, Carsten
Format/Binding
Hardback
Book Condition
Used
Edition
1st US edition.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0151007683
ISBN 13
9780151007684
Publisher
Harcourt, New York
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2000
Keywords
ISBN 0151007683, china, cambodia, vietnam, trains, travel, railways, far east

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