LONDON Albert.
In Japan.
Arlea
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| N° d'inventaire | 25257 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 129 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782363082794 |
It was in 1922 that Albert Londres finally fully realized his dream of becoming a long-distance journalist: a six-month journey through Japan, China, Indochina, and India. It was in Japan that the reporter encountered Asia for the first time. He became enthusiastic and rediscovered his best ability to describe the strangeness of a world he knew nothing about. It was in 1922 that Albert Londres finally fully realized his dream of becoming a long-distance journalist.
Commissioned by Excelsior, he sets off on his longest and most ambitious report: six months of travel, seventy-five days of investigation that will take him to Japan, China, Indochina, and India. It is in Japan that the reporter encounters Asia for the first time. He becomes enthusiastic and rediscovers his best style of describing the strangeness of a world he knew nothing about.
He paints a portrait of a country with contradictory ambitions, ready for profound changes in the search for a new international legitimacy. In Tokyo—which he describes as "a monster for Barnum," as the city seems so sprawling to him—he befriends the new French ambassador, Paul Claudel, who grants him an exclusive interview.
Commissioned by Excelsior, he sets off on his longest and most ambitious report: six months of travel, seventy-five days of investigation that will take him to Japan, China, Indochina, and India. It is in Japan that the reporter encounters Asia for the first time. He becomes enthusiastic and rediscovers his best style of describing the strangeness of a world he knew nothing about.
He paints a portrait of a country with contradictory ambitions, ready for profound changes in the search for a new international legitimacy. In Tokyo—which he describes as "a monster for Barnum," as the city seems so sprawling to him—he befriends the new French ambassador, Paul Claudel, who grants him an exclusive interview.
Commissioned by Excelsior, he sets off on his longest and most ambitious report: six months of travel, seventy-five days of investigation that will take him to Japan, China, Indochina, and India. It is in Japan that the reporter encounters Asia for the first time. He becomes enthusiastic and rediscovers his best style of describing the strangeness of a world he knew nothing about.
He paints a portrait of a country with contradictory ambitions, ready for profound changes in the search for a new international legitimacy. In Tokyo—which he describes as "a monster for Barnum," as the city seems so sprawling to him—he befriends the new French ambassador, Paul Claudel, who grants him an exclusive interview.