A Barbarian in Asia
Nonfiction, Travel, Adventure & Literary Travel, Fiction & Literature, Literary, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Henri Michaux | ISBN: | 9780811220842 |
| Publisher: | New Directions | Publication: | March 21, 2016 |
| Imprint: | New Directions | Language: | English |
| Author: | Henri Michaux |
| ISBN: | 9780811220842 |
| Publisher: | New Directions |
| Publication: | March 21, 2016 |
| Imprint: | New Directions |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
