.: A book which i read yesterday!

Jan 31, 2010

A book which i read yesterday!

Would you seriously take a chance to fly if someone told you you'd die? if you fly.

Thats the quint essence question addressed in the book "A Fortune Teller Told Me."

this book is written by Tiziano Terzani,italian journalist.

once in the year 1976,he step in a famous fortune teller residing in Hongkong who proclaims him

"be aware" and don't fly even for once,since that makes a place for you at graveyard in the year 1993.

Italian journalist generally fly for gathering information on events and writes for the magazines which are taking place all over Asia.

but,he started rethinking again and again as the year 1993 mounted in his life.He decided not to take the advice of fortune teller much to the heart but regrets for doing it many a times.Finally,he decided to take his advice a challenging one and took a resolution to carry out his plans by all mode of transport except plane to make the year an interesting one and also caring the views of the fortune teller to avoid the grave risk which is suppose to happen if he fly.

so,this book describes about the travelling of Tiziano all over the Asia not by plane and all also the experiences of him visiting different countries having different cultures and showing the things he would have never seen had he been travelling by plane.

the ways in which people takes the views of fortune tellers and how that influences respective lives is also presented beautifully.

I found this a really interesting book, Terzani describes wonderfully the colourful, bustling countries he passes through and the colourful and delight characters he meets. He describes an Asia which the average tourist would not see and that point makes the book really interesting. Some of the countries he visits include Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, China, Vietnam, Mongolia and Serbia. He travels by bus, car, train and boat and sees and experiences the local cultures so much more than he would just by passing from one airport to another.Thats the book review all about.

I enjoyed reading it even although I didn't expect to.The criteria for a book to be loved is gratified by this book.so,book lovers enjoy reading it.

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