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Romancing the East: A Literary Odyssey from the Heart of Darkness to the River Kwai
Contributor(s): Hopkins, Jerry (Author)
ISBN: 0804848920     ISBN-13: 9780804848923
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $8.96  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2017
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - General
- Literary Criticism | European - General
- Literary Criticism | Asian - General
Dewey: 809.3
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.12" W x 8" (0.65 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
 
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Publisher Description:
Profiling individual, legendary authors, best-selling author Jerry Hopkins combines his research and his own experiences as a longtime expatriate with an intimate knowledge of Asia and offers us a unique perspective on the impact of Eastern culture in Western literature.

From the time of Marco Polo's trek across the Central Asian desert to the empire of the mighty Mongol Khan, no other place on earth, not the languid South Pacific or even deepest, darkest Africa has so challenged and enchanted the Western imagination as have the fabled lands of the East

However soaked in blood its history and no matter how unsettling its social conditions and poverty, Asia has never lost its irresistible attraction or mysticism. It has long been an inspiration for Western novelists, so much so that more than 5000 novels have been set in Asia in the English language alone. Storied names like Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad, Pearl S. Buck, George Orwell, Graham Greene, E.M. Forster and many more have used their experiences in Asia as a vibrant backdrop for some of the world's most famous works of literature.