The Missionary and the Libertine

The Missionary and the Libertine
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 425
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ISBN-10 : 9780307828972
ISBN-13 : 0307828972
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Book Synopsis The Missionary and the Libertine by : Ian Buruma

Download or read book The Missionary and the Libertine written by Ian Buruma and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Naipaul’s India to the last days of Hong Kong, and from the ghosts of Pearl Harbor to Benazir Bhutto, Buruma delivers an engaging and incisive look at the ways East and West understand–and misunderstand–each other. At home in both worlds, Buruma traverses the realms of journalism, literary criticism, and political analysis, to examine the dialogue of fact and fantasy that affects our perception of far-away lands. Whether deconstructing the films of Satyajit Ray or the novels of Yoshimoto Banana, Buruma offers a splendid counterbalance to fashionable theories of clashing civilizations and uniquely Asian values. In twenty-five illuminating, often humorous essays, The Missionary and the Libertine shows us why Buruma’s reputation for writing the most compelling commentary on the faultlines of the East-West divide is so secure.


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