by Olivier Germain-Thomas · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782268062891
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«Le Bénarès-Kyôto» is the travel narrative by Olivier Germain-Thomas, published by Rocher in 2007 (270 pages, in French).
The author crosses Asia by land and sea on a journey from India to Japan. Benares and the union of the erotic and the divine, a woman by the Mekong in Thailand, a Dien Bien Phu combatant in Tonkin, the China of Tao and Buddha, and a ritual march through mountains inhabited by spirits. The journey becomes a reflection on other ways of conceiving life.
Won the 2007 Renaudot Prize for best essay; belongs to the series «La fantaisie du voyageur».
For readers of travel literature and essays with an interest in Asia and in the author's personal perspective.
French writer and radio producer
