Through engaging characters China-bound missionaries, an Indo-Persian diplomat, a Turkish exile in India, a French teacher in America, Arab students in Moscow, a Japanese woman writer in Europe Illusion and Disillusionment examines travel writing beyond colonialism, imperialism, and Orientalism, focusing on the experience of travel itself.
Through engaging characters China-bound missionaries, an Indo-Persian diplomat, a Turkish exile in India, a French teacher in America, Arab students i...