Review:
"Christiensen's lively curiosity informs several quirky and engrossing essays." —Kirkus
"Christensen (1616: The World in Motion) a proud generalist and non-academic, addresses a slew of disparate subjects...and proves himself to be voracious reader who can clarify the present with knowledge of the past, accessibly summarize a subject, and share a fine story." —Publishers Weekly
"An eclectic and sporadically brilliant book in which an erudite writer takes his readers on a set of historical and cultural birdwalks. " —The Huffington Post
"An idiosyncratic world tour of diverse cultural histories, a tour de force of eclectic scholarship, a relief map of the journeys of a restless intellect, Thomas Christensen's River of Ink flows from ancient China to the current Americas with myriad revelations along the way. Christensen is a genial guide to little-known wonders with a wealth of information and a light touch. --Stephen Kessler, author of The Tolsoty of the Zulus
About the Author:
Thomas Christensen's previous books include "New World/New Words: Recent Writing from the Americas, A Bilingual Anthology," "The U.S.-Mexican War, " and "The Discovery of America and Other Myths" as well as translations of books by such authors as Laura Esquivel, Carlos Fuentes, Julio Cortazar, Alejo Carpentier and Louis-Ferdinand Celine. He is director of publications at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco and lives with his wife in Richmond, CA.
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