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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Asiaticsby Frederic Prokosch
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A great, strange, essentially philosophic novel published in 1935. The Asiatics, Prokosch's first novel, is the story of a young man who bums his way from Beirut to China via Greece, Turkey, Syria, southern Russia, Iran, India, and Southeast Asia. Prokosch is a master at evoking the feeling of places and peoples with extraordinary characters from crooks to rajas. Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:André Gide praised The Asiatics as "an authentic masterpiece"; Thomas Mann called it "brilliant." First published in 1935 and virtually unavailable for years, this extraordinary novel tells the story of a young American--the unnamed narrator--who hitchhikes his way across Asia, from Beirut to China, living off the land and depending on the hospitality of the people he meets along the road. As Pico Iyer writes in the introduction, "[Prokosch] catches the peculiar logic that makes travel a land of alternative reality, a foreign state in itself that is an intoxication." About the AuthorFrederic Prokosch (1908-89) was a distinguished American poet and novelist of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his other novels are The Seven Who Fled (1937) and Night of the Poor. Pico Iyer is the author of several books of travel and fiction, including Video Night in Kathmandu. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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