A Barbarian in Asia

A Barbarian in Asia

<p><strong><strong>A wild journey to the East narrated by a writer who is “without equal in the literature of our time” (Jorge Luis Borges)</strong></strong></p> Henri Michaux (1899–1984), the great French poet and painter, set out as a young man to see the Far East. Traveling from India to the Himalayas, and on to China and Japan, Michaux voices his vivid impressions, cutting opinions, and curious insights: he has no trouble speaking his mind. Part fanciful travelogue and part exploration of culture, <em>A Barbarian in Asia</em> is presented here in its original translation by Sylvia Beach, the famous American-born bookseller in Paris.