The Tao Of Travel
Enlightenments from Lives on the Road
On Sale: 07/24/2012
The Tao Of Travel
Enlightenments from Lives on the Road
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 —
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
