The Tao Of Travel

Enlightenments from Lives on the Road

by Paul Theroux

On Sale: 07/24/2012

The Tao Of Travel

Enlightenments from Lives on the Road

by Paul Theroux

On Sale: 07/24/2012

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About the Book

“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

Critical Praise

A "determinedly personal collection of travel appreciation."
-Kirkus Reviews

A "diverting meditation on passages from his own and other writers' works. [T]he strongest pieces descry a tangible place through a discerning eye and pungent sensibility..."
-Publishers Weekly

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780547737379
  • ISBN 10: 0547737378
  • Imprint: Mariner Books
  • On Sale: 07/24/2012
  • Pages: 304
  • List Price:24.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues
  • BISAC2 : TRAVEL / Mexico
  • BISAC3 : TRAVEL / Europe / France

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