Fresh-air fiend
travel writings, 1985-2000
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Word Count
113,000 words, Guess
Page Count
452 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL32774316M
- ISBN-139780241140444
- ISBN-100241140447
- OCLC Control Number42913264
- OCLC Control Numberfreshairfiendtra0000ther_y8t9
Classifications
- DDC818.5403
- LCCG465 .T47 2000
Description
"Paul Theroux's first collection of essays and articles devoted entirely to travel writing, Fresh Air Fiend touches down on five continents and floats through most seas in between to deliver a literary adventure of the first order, with the incomparable Paul Theroux as a guide. From the crisp quiet of a solitary week spent in the snowbound Maine woods to the expectant chaos of Hong Kong on the eve of the Hand-over. Theroux demonstrates how the traveling life and the writing life are intimately connected. His journeys in remote hinterlands and crowded foreign capitals provide the necessary perspective to "become a stranger" in order to discover the self. A companion volume to Sunrise with Seamonsters, Fresh Air Fiend is the ultimate good read for anyone fascinated by travel in the wider world or curious about the life of one of our most passionate travelers. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
Description
A collection of Theroux's shorter travel prose written since 1985.
Subjects
People
Other Editions
- Fresh-air fiend: travel writings, 1985-2000
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