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Tao Of Travel

- Enlightenments from Lives on the Road

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"A book to be plundered and raided." - New York Times Book Review "A portal into a world of timeless travel literature curated by one of the greatest travel writers of our day." - USA Today Paul Theroux celebrates fifty years of wandering the globe in this collection of the best writing from the books that have shaped him as a reader and a traveler. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, The Tao of Travel contains excerpts from the best of Theroux's own work interspersed with selections from travelers both familiar and unexpected: Vladimir Nabokov Eudora Welty Evelyn Waugh James Baldwin Charles Dickens Pico Iyer Henry David Thoreau Anton Chekhov Mark Twain John McPhee Freya Stark Ernest Hemingway Graham Greene and many others "Dazzling . . . Like someone panning for gold, Theroux reread hundreds of travel classics and modern works, shaking out the nuggets." - San Francisco Chronicle

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780547737379
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 304
  • Udgivet:
  • 24. juli 2012
  • Størrelse:
  • 134x203x22 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 248 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 5. december 2024
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"A book to be plundered and raided." - New York Times Book Review

"A portal into a world of timeless travel literature curated by one of the greatest travel writers of our day." - USA Today

Paul Theroux celebrates fifty years of wandering the globe in this collection of the best writing from the books that have shaped him as a reader and a traveler. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, The Tao of Travel contains excerpts from the best of Theroux's own work interspersed with selections from travelers both familiar and unexpected:

Vladimir Nabokov Eudora Welty
Evelyn Waugh James Baldwin
Charles Dickens Pico Iyer
Henry David Thoreau Anton Chekhov
Mark Twain John McPhee
Freya Stark Ernest Hemingway
Graham Greene and many others
"Dazzling . . . Like someone panning for gold, Theroux reread hundreds of travel classics and modern works, shaking out the nuggets." - San Francisco Chronicle

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