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Miraż. Trzy lata w Azji

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Pasjonujący zapis trzyletnich wojaży po Azji Andrzeja Mellera, największego włóczykija ze znanej familii. Od Gruzji po Sumatrę przez Iran, Afganistan, Pakistan, Indie, Sri Lankę, Wietnam, Laos, Tajlandię. Autor zapuszcza się w miejsca tak niebezpieczne, że CIA posłałaby tam jedynie samolot zwiadowczy i to bezzałogowy. To nie znaczy, że to zbiór reportaży wyłącznie wojennych. Oprócz historii tragicznych znajdziemy w nim wiele sytuacji przekomicznych albo po prostu fascynujących jak ta gdy autor uczy się latać paralotnią w Himalajach. Zakrawa na cud, że w trakcie całej wyprawy tylko raz złamano mu nos i to w bezpiecznym, sielskim Wietnamie. Ale cóż, taka jest dola reportera.

286 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

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1,207 reviews45 followers
April 24, 2025
Okay, I'm slowly becoming an expert on the situation in Georgia with all the books I've read about it. Something between 1/3 and half of the book is about this conflict and it's interesting in the way that it clearly has been written by someone who had boots on the ground. The author has my respect for that.

The remainder of the book is much more chaotic, ecclectic even, jumping from one country to another, one topic to another... and somehow much more interesting. From the slums in India, to the situation in Birma (Myanmar), to Thailand, back to India where a factory accident led to the deaths of thousands... we get a really nice overview of various interesting places in the world and events that are - or had been - occurring in them.

The book ends with the author being sent to Libya... setting stage for his book that I've already written.
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April 8, 2025
I think I'm becoming an expert on Georgia and its war problems. The book is generally interesting and it analyzes the problems in depth, trying to understand the roots. The title "miraż" might suggest something more fun or spiritual, whereas in many cases the author was talking about every day problems and going to a less colourful side of the Asian countries. I admire his courage in talking to the policeman and making them apologize later, that could go sideways. But I guess you have to be tough to report things first-hand.
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September 7, 2020
Cieszę się, że sięgnęłam po "Miraż". Po książce o Wietnamie pana Mellera niestety nie miałam najlepszej opinii o autorze. Zdecydowanie zmienił moje nastawienie tą pozycją. Trudna lektura, ale podróżnik-realista doceni.
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