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Chasing The Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India Kindle Edition
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Alexander Frater
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Format: Kindle Edition
Alexander Frater
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherPicador
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Publication date25 Mar. 2011
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Reading age18 years and up
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File size784 KB
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Each year, on the first of June, the summer monsoon arrives over Trivandrum at the southernmost tip of India. Its majestic progress north towards the Himalayas, marked by celebrations, processions, festivals and a lot of released personal emotion, brings it ultimately to the old British hill station of Cherrapunji, listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the wettest place on Earth. In 1987 Alexander Frater determined to follow the monsoon all the way up the subcontinent. This book is a record of his journey, and his growing awareness of the monsoon's towering influence on every aspect of Indian life. While awaiting the "burst" in Trivandrum he investigated the local monsoon cures, in Goa he joined rich socialites for one of their famously wild monsoon parties, at drought-stricken Deeg in Rajasthan he gained access to an astonishing monsoon pavilion where 3,000 coloured fountains gave the illusion of bountiful monsoon rain. When he reached Delhi, visited during Parliament's Monsoon Session, he found officials curiously reluctant to let him into Cherrapunji - and finally, having got there as an illegal immigrant and found a graveyard full of British suicides, he discovered why.
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The fascinating and revealing story of Frater's journey through India in pursuit of the astonishing Indian summer monsoon.
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About the Author
Alexander Frater has contributed to various UK publications and, as chief travel correspondent of the Observer, he won an unprecedented number of British Press Travel Awards as well as a Travelex Travel Writer's Award. Two of his books, Beyond the Blue Horizon and Chasing the Monsoon, have been made into major BBC television films. His most recent book is Tales from the Torrid Zone. He lives in London.
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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.
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- ASIN : B004TSAR7K
- Publisher : Picador (25 Mar. 2011)
- Language : English
- File size : 784 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 250 pages
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There have been many travel books written about India and this is one of the best in my opinion. Chasing the Monsoon was a great way of looking and seeing india given the importance of the Monsoon rains to the whole Indian sub-coninent. This book of course is not just about climatology and Fratter writes superbly about the India he encounters and its complex social structure, and it joys and tensions. A really good book.
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Another great read from Mr Frater. I first read this after reading his excellent
Beyond The Blue Horizon
. Like most good travel books, it has a premise that makes sense (following the monsoon across India) without being silly.
I am surprised that Frater is not better known. For those who enjoy travel books on the readable yet more serious side (say, fans of Paul Theroux) rather than the humourous Bryson style, this is a writer to discover.
I am surprised that Frater is not better known. For those who enjoy travel books on the readable yet more serious side (say, fans of Paul Theroux) rather than the humourous Bryson style, this is a writer to discover.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 September 2017
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A good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2018
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Some good passages, but too drawn out.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2014
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Read it a long time ago but remember it well and benefit from it when I visit India.An interesting journey
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2013
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This is the second time I've read this book and it never fails to fascinate me with its blend of humour, pathos and meticulous research. Bravo.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 March 2015
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First-rate. Engrossing and informed.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2015
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