Book "Bali – kwiat z ogrodu snów" by Jerzy Chociłowski

Bali - a paradise island with ever-smiling people, magical rituals, sunny beaches and a rich history. A global resort for hippies and cranky Western tourists and the natives who make their lives pleasant. Since when. Jerzy Chociłowski travels to Bali in the 1970s. And even then he observes the changes brought about by mass tourism. He writes an excellent travel report at a time when Bali began to balance on the thin line dividing the past from the future, tradition from modernity, custom from commercialism; when it had to decide whether it wanted to preserve its uniqueness, or whether it was better to enclose everything in a bubble of folklore and sell it for hard currency.

The reporter travels the length and breadth of the island. With a skilled eye, not only that of a reporter, but also that of an ethnographer aware of 20th-century changes, he describes the state of mind of the Balinese and their split between tradition and modernity. This report is neither a guidebook nor a mere travel account, nor is it a memoir or a history book. It is an eye-opening and horizon-expanding excellent travel story.

The book in Polish language version.

Technical data
Author: Jerzy Chociłowski
Number of pages: 180
Format: 125 x 195
Binding: soft
Publication date: 2021
Publisher: Continents