The Bone Man of Benares

Posted on 25 April 2017 by Terry Tarnoff

In 1971, Terry Tarnoff packed a bag, a guitar and sixteen harmonicas and headed out on an eight year journey that would take him into the jungles of Africa, the mountains of India and beyond This account of his revelatory journey is a tumultuous love story, a spiritual odyssey, and a rollicking escapade all rolled up into one Tarnoff is a fevered, risk taking writer with an uncanny ability to render place The Bone Man of Benares is a lunatic bird of a book, flapping, singing, soaring, often all at the same time It s a wild hearted celebration of cross cultural discovery, a laugh out loud, delirious adventure that traverses the chasm of time, speaking to readers young and old about the universal need for connection. Download The Bone Man of Benares – kino-fada.fr I have had this on my shelf a long time, and hadn t really looked at it since I bought it I wasn t sure what it was when I picked it up it is categorised on the back as travel memoir I see that after its initial release it has been subtitleda novel based on a true story , which seems a muchrealistic assessment than travel memoir.In many respects, it is similar to Gregory David Roberts Shantaram, which is a real love or hate book Personally, I consider once you remove your self from I have had this on my shelf a long time, and hadn t really looked at it since I bought it I wasn t sure what it was when I picked it up it is categorised on the back as travel memoir I see that after its initial release it has been subtitleda novel based on a true story , which seems a muchrealistic assessment than travel memoir.In many respects, it is similar to Gregory David Roberts Shantaram, which is a real love or hate book Personally, I consider once you remove your self from a position total belief, Shantaram is enjoyable, and I also enjoyed this with some suspended belief.In the book we visit interesting places many of which I have visited Thailand, Laos, Sweden, Amsterdam, Paris, Greece, Kenya, India, Nepal and Indonesia, amongst others Th...You ll never find another book like this because this world is gone forever Tarnoff s adventures in this book occur at a time when hippies, poets, musicians wanderers with rucksacks populated special places in the world Terry Tarnoff is a harmonica player from the Midwest who falls in love with the beautiful Annika in Stockholm, travels with her to Amsterdam and Paris, then loses her in Greece The rest of the book is an existential, philosophical, epical voyage through Africa and Asia, a c You ll never find another book like this because this world is gone forever Tarnoff s adventures in this book occur at a time when hippies, poets, musicians wanderers with rucksacks populated special places in the world Terry Tarnoff is a harmonica player from the Midwest who falls in love with the beautiful Annika in Stockholm, travels with her to Amsterdam and Paris, then loses her in Greece The rest of the book is an existential, philosophical, epical voyage through Africa and Asia, a crazy, psycho chemical interweaving of the cultures of Nairobi, Calcutta, Kathmandu, Laos and Bali with a fierce introspection the obsession of a hyper romantic, poetic young man...I love this book soooo much It has all of my favorite themes It takes place in the tumultuous seventies, chronicles one man s search for the love of his life, the meaning of his life and all the other unanswerable questions It involves plenty of gratuitous drug use, hot sex and strange rituals in smoky far off lands You can almost smell the odors and aroma of the countries he travels to I ve read it multiple times, have memorized dialogue, and I highly recommend this book to anyone that lov I love this book soooo much It has all of my favorite themes It takes place in the tumultuous seventies, chronicles one man s search for the love of his life, the meaning of his life and all the other unanswerable questions It involves plenty of gratuitous drug use, hot sex and strange rituals in smoky far off lands You can almost smell the odors and aroma of the countries he travels to I ve read it multiple times, have memorized dialogue, and I highly recommend this book to anyone...Aqui e no meu blog Ladybug Dots tamb m na vers o portuguesa.English This book is simply awesome As you know, I will not talk about specific details of the story I don t like spoilers.With this book we travel with the writer in a part of his trip around the world We read about his experiences, the places he visits, the people he meets, the thoughts and emotions in his soul.It s a world that it s gone there are things of those years we can t have back, not with the same intensity of those time Aqui e no meu blog Ladybug Dots tamb m na vers o portuguesa.English This book is simply awesome As you know, I will not talk about specific details of the story I don t like spoilers.With this book we travel with the writer in a part of his trip around the world We read about his experiences, the places he visits, the people he meets, the thoughts and emotions in his soul.It s a world that it s gone there are things of those years we can t have back, not with the same intensity of those times, with backpackers around the world, sometimes not knowing where to go exactly, when they ll come back In this book, Terry visits Stockholm, Greece, Paris, Nairobi, Calcutta, Kathmandu, Laos, Bali The description of the...The Bone Man of Benares is my favorite book by Terry Tarnoff The quixotic exotic adventures are told in Terry s all too human voice you will want to read the book over and over again, and you will wonder if this really happened It did Reading one of Terry Tarnoff s novels is remarkably akin to listening to him play harmonica It is like listening to some great blues song you begin to smile along as Terry takes you on the ride of a lifetime, and you just want to keep going This word maestro The Bone Man of Benares is my favorite book by Terry Tarnoff The quixotic exotic adventures are told in Terry s all too human voice you will want to read the book over and over again, and you will wonder if this really happened It did Reading one of Terry Tarnoff s novels is remarkably akin to listening to him play harmonica It is like listening to some great blues song you begin to smile along as Terry takes you on the ride of a lifetime, and you just want to keep going This word maestro lets the reader into an exciting, exotic adventure of a lifetime Terry travels the globe u...If you re ok with suffering from severe, life altering wanderlust, then please, do delve into Terry Tarnoff s world It s your world, too, like you ve never seen it An absolutely fantastic read The hard part is closing it and thinking about your tomorrow, which, ...Seriously one of the best books ever, and by far the best travel adventure book Ive read, nothing comes close, I only wishpeople knew about it Hard to come by copies in Australia, but have passed this book onto one other adoring fan who I hope spread it further.As one who has traveled and eventually emigrated to the tropics, so much of this wonderful book reflected my own experiences and discoveries Through humour and honesty we get to experience a little of the real Europe, Africa, India, Nepal and Indonesia Both the au...One of the prototypical draft dodgers of the Vietnam War era, American student Terry Tarnoff left the States in the early 1970s and embarked on a worldwide journey of self discovery Lest you think this book is filled with platitudes and Buddhas, however, allow me to set you straight this is a fiery, drug fueled voyage from The Netherlands to Scandinavia to Greece to Africa to India and beyond, with Tarnoff romancing women and blowing blues harmonica the whole way.It s an interesting juxtaposit One of the prototypical draft dodgers of the Vietnam War era, American student Terry Tarnoff left the States in the early 1970s and embarked on a worldwide journey of self discovery Lest you think this book is filled with platitudes and Buddhas, however, allow me to set you straight this is a fiery, drug fueled voyage from The Netherlands to Scandinavia to Greece to Africa to India and beyond, with Tarnoff romancing women and blowing blues harmonica the whole way.It s an interesting juxtaposition, his very grounded addictions to sex, drugs, and rock n roll contrasting with the inner peace he seeks and the spiritual locales in which he finds himself The book is filled with apocryphal encounters and conversations he couldn t possibly remember decades later, so in one sense this is partially autobiographica...It should be a good book The first 70 odd pages tell the last third of the story, chronologically, of a man who gave up his job and went on the ultimate hippy trip round the world The first part of the book is some of the funniest stuff I have read on paper regarding the authors characters adventure Then after 70 pages it jarringly changes It s not hilarious adventures nobut instead a painful to read love triangle across the globe Then after or in between sorting that out the chara It should be a good book The first 70 odd pages tell the last third of the story, chronologically, of a man who gave up his job and went on the ultimate hippy trip round the world The first part of the book is some of the funniest stuff I have read on paper regarding the authors characters adventure Then after 70 pages it jarringly changes It s not hil...A few interesting tidbits, but mostly this book is all about a young American who traveled around for a few years and wants to talk about how adventurous and generous and good looking and talented he is The self aggrandizing stories get pretty tiring If you want a...

25 April 2017

Terry Tarnoff