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Poems for Travellers
A collection of classic travel poems introduced by novelist and prize-winning travel writer, Paul Theroux.
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The Vanishing Point
Illuminating . . . A collection of wryly observed short stories from the octogenarian writer shines a light on the process of ageing . . . time hasn’t whittled away Theroux’s ability to amuse and provoke . . . These literary snapshots — a rowdy boyhood summer camp, a visit to a carnival stripper, an elegiac chess game — are poignant and well honed
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The Old Patagonian Express
By Train Through the AmericasTells of the author's journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning on Boston's subway, this work depicts a voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts to the arid plateau of Argentina's most southerly tip, via pretty Central American towns and the ancient Incan city of Macchu Pichu.
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The Great Railway Bazaar
By Train Through AsiaGives an account of the author's journey by rail through Asia. This work describes the many places, cultures, sights and sounds he experienced and the fascinating people he met. It also shows how he is drawn into conversation with fellow passengers, from Molesworth, while avoiding the forceful approaches of pimps and drug dealers.
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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
On the tracks of 'The Great Railway Bazaar'Thirty years ago the author left London and travelled across Asia and back again by train. His account of the journey - "The Great Railway Bazaar" - was a landmark book. Now he makes the trip all over again to discover the changes that have swept the continents. In this book, he gives us the highs and lows of his journey.
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Riding the Iron Rooster
By Train Through ChinaPaul Theroux left Victoria Station in April thinking that taking eight trains across Europe, Eastern Europe, the USSR and Mongolia would be the easy way to get to the Chinese border. The reality, of course, was very different. In fact, Theroux experienced a decidedly odd and unexpected trip to China that set the challenging tone for his journey.
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The Great Railway Bazaar
By Train Through AsiaThe Orient Express; The Khyber Pass Local; the Delhi Mail from Jaipur; the Golden Arrow of Kuala; the Trans-Siberian Express; these are just some of the trains steaming through author's epic rail journey from London across Europe through India and Asia. This title tells the trip of discovery made in the mid-seventies.
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Deep South
Four Seasons on Back RoadsDeep South of America is a place of contradictions. There is the warm, open spirit of the soul food cafes, found in every town, no matter how small. There is the ruined grandeur of numberless ghostly towns, long abandoned by the industries that built them. This book is about this place.
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Burma Sahib
Die faszinierende Lebensgeschichte des jungen George Orwell: Die Verwandlung des Eton-Absolventen und Kolonialpolizisten im Burma der 1920er Jahre in den schärfsten Kritiker unserer Zeit. 'Es gibt einen kurzen Zeitraum im Leben eines jeden Menschen, in dem sein Charakter für immer festgeschrieben wird.' George Orwell Im Alter von neunzehn Jahren schifft sich der Eton-Absolvent Eric Blair im Herbst 1922 nach Rangun ein. In Burma soll er als Beamter der britischen Kolonialpolizei ausgebildet werden. Doch schon kurz nach seiner Ankunft kommen dem hochgewachsenen, scheuen jungen Mann Zweifel an seiner bevorstehenden Aufgabe. Er, der feingeistige Offiziersanwärter, verabscheut die Überheblichkeit und skrupellose Willkür der Briten, ihren unverhohlenen Rassismus. Blair wird unweigerlich zum Außenseiter, macht sich damit zum Gespött seiner Landsleute. Als er ins schwülheiße Schwemmland des Irawadi-Deltas versetzt wird, um Nachforschungen über den Tod eines Mannes anzustellen, überwältigt ihn das Gefühl, für seine Aufgabe als Kolonialpolizist nicht geschaffen zu sein. Und zugleich erschreckt und beschämt ihn, wie er beginnt, sich in die von ihm erwartete Rolle zu fügen. Die Erkenntnis, am Ende selbst zu den Unterdrückern zu gehören, schockiert ihn. Und er trifft eine folgenreiche Entscheidung. Mitreißend taucht der große amerikanische Schriftsteller Paul Theroux ein in die Kolonialwelt Burmas. Und führt vor Augen, wie aktuell Orwells Bedenken über Kolonialismus und autoritäre Macht bis heute bleiben.
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The Vanishing Point
From the bestselling novelist, travel writer, and “master of the short story” (NPR) comes a brilliant new collection. The stories in Paul Theroux’s fascinating new collection are both exotic and domestic, their settings ranging from Hawaii to Africa and New England. Each focuses on life’s vanishing points—a moment when seemingly all lines running through one’s life converge, and one can see no farther, yet must deal with the implications. With the insight, subtlety, and empathy that has long characterized his work, Theroux has written deeply moving stories about memory, longing, and the passing of time, reclaiming his status, once again, as a master of the form.
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Stranger at the Palazzo D'Oro
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The Vanishing Point
From the bestselling novelist, travel writer, and "master of the short story" (NPR) comes a brilliant new collection.The stories in The Vanishing Point are both exotic and domestic, their settings ranging from Hawaii to Africa and New England. Each focuses on life's vanishing points-a moment when seemingly all lines running through one's life converge, and one can see no farther, yet must deal with the implications. With the insight, subtlety, and empathy that has long characterized his work, Theroux has written deeply moving stories about memory, longing, and the passing of time, reclaiming his status, once again, as a master of the form.'The most gifted, most prodigal writer of his generation' Jonathan Raban'The most exciting contemporary practitioner of a literary tradition honed to elegantly crafted terseness by Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene. A terrific teller of tales and conjurer of exotic locales' Sunday Times
€ 19,00