Download or read book A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East written by Tiziano Terzani and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warned by a fortune-teller not to risk flying, the author – a seasoned correspondent – took to travelling by rail, road and sea. Consulting fortune-tellers and shamans wherever he went, he learnt to understand and respect older ways of life and beliefs now threatened by the crasser forms of Western modernity.