Chasing the Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India Unabridged Audio Book

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Detailed item info
Key Features
Author(s)
Alexander Frater
Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
Date of Publication
01/09/1999
Language
English
Format
Audio cassette
ISBN-10
0786116161
ISBN-13
9780786116164
Subject
Travel & Holiday Guides: General
Publication Data
Country of Publication
United States
Imprint
Blackstone Audiobooks
Out-of-print date
01/04/2015
Dimensions
Weight
572 g
Width
168 mm
Height
240 mm
Spine
57 mm
Credits
Narrator(s)
Bernard Mayes
Editorial Details
Contained items statement
9 Audio cassettes Each Cassette 1 1/2 hour long
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On 20th May, the Indian summer monsoon will begin to envelop the country in two great wet arms, one coming from the east, the other from the west. They are united over central India around 10th July, a date that can be calculated within seven or eight days. Alexander Frater aims to follow the monsoon, staying sometimes behind it, sometimes in front of it, and everywhere watching the impact of this extraordinary phenomenon. During the anxious period of waiting, the weather forecaster is king, consulted by pie-crested cockatoos, and a joyful period ensues: there is a period of promiscuity, and scandals proliferate. Frater's journey takes him to Bangkok and the cowboy town on the Thai-Malaysian border to Rangoon and Akyab in Burma (where the front funnels up between the mountains and the sea). His fascinating narrative reveals the exotic, often startling, discoveries of an ambitious and irresistibly romantic adventurer.