The author of this book, a journalist and traveler, set himself an «acting» task — not just to tell interesting about the countries he saw, but to «get used to the role» of their inhabitants, imbued with their sense of space, feel their pace of life, look through their eyes at the surrounding nature and architecture.
The author of this book, a journalist and traveler, set himself an «acting» task — not just to tell interesting about the countries he saw, but to «get used to the role» of their inhabitants, imbued with their sense of space, feel their pace of life, look through their eyes at the surrounding nature and architecture. What is it like to live in Bergen (Norway), where it rains 275 days a year? What is it like to buy handfuls of freshly mined emeralds from the Colombian kings of the emerald mines? How is it to live without having a patronymic or a surname, as in Myanmar? And why such a name — «Seven billion»? Yes, because every inhabitant of the planet (and there are just about seven billion of us) is a small miracle worthy of the closest attention.
Kitoni, 272 p.