From the time of Marco Polos trek across the Central Asian desert to the empire of the mighty Kahn, no other place on earth has so challenged and enchanted the Western imagination as have the fabled lands of the East! So popular has Asia been as an inspiration for Western novelists that more than 5000 novels have been set in Asia in the English language alone. Storied names like Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad, Pearl S. Buck, George Orwell, Graham Greene, E.M. Forster and many more have used their experiences in Asia as a vibrant backdrop for some of the worlds most famous works of literature. In this book, best-selling author Jerry Hopkins combines his research and his own personal experiences as a longtime expatriate with an intimate knowledge of Asia in offering us a unique perspective on the impact of Eastern culture in Western literature.
