The Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan by Porter

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Narrative Type
China
Type
Book
Intended Audience
N/A
ISBN
9781619027107
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Counterpoint Press
ISBN-10
1619027100
ISBN-13
9781619027107
eBay Product ID (ePID)
212938323

Product Key Features

Book Title
Silk Road : Taking the Bus to Pakistan
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Asia / General, Asia / India & South Asia
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, History
Author
Bill Porter
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
15 oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-039657
TitleLeading
The
Synopsis
To travel upon the Silk Road is to travel through history. Millennia older than California's Camino Real, and perhaps even a few years senior to the roads of the Roman Empire, the Silk Road is a network of routes stretching from delta towns of China all the way to the Mediterranean Sea - a cultural highway considered to be essential to the development of some of the world's oldest civilizations. It was upon this road that that Chinese silk traveled and was exchanged for incense, precious stones, and gold from India, the Middle East and as far the Mediterranean, contributing to the great tradition of commercial and idea exchange along the way. In the fall of 1992, celebrated translator, writer, and scholar Bill Porter left his home in Hong Kong and decided to travel from China to Pakistan by way of this famous and often treacherous Silk Road. Equipped with a plastic bottle of whiskey, needle-nose pliers, and the companionship of an old friend, Porter embarks upon the journey on the anniversary of Hong Kong's liberation from the Japanese after World War II and concludes in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, at the end of the monsoon season. Weaving witty travel anecdotes with the history and fantastical mythology of China and the surrounding regions, Porter exposes a world of card-sharks, unheard-of ethnic minorities, terracotta soldiers, nuclear experiments in the desert, emperors falling in love with bathing maidens, monks with miracle tongues, and a giant Buddha relaxing to music played by an invisible band. The Silk Road is the second of a three-book memoir series about Porter's travels in and around China to be published by Counterpoint. With an eye for cultural idiosyncrasies and a vast knowledge of history, Porter continues to make with his mark as an expert and travel writer.
LC Classification Number
DS327.8.P67 2016

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