Fresh-air Fiend: Travel Writings, 1985-2000 - Couverture souple

Theroux, Paul

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9780140281095: Fresh-air Fiend: Travel Writings, 1985-2000

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ISBN 10 : 0140281096 ISBN 13 : 9780140281095

Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd, 2001

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Fresh Air Fiend Whether it is trekking through the icy Maine woods, or journeying to a remote island in the South Pacific where the first atomic bombs were detonated, Theroux serves as both camera and the eye. This collection of essays and articles is the ultimate good read for anyone fascinated by travel. Full description

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Revue de presse :

“Lively and insightful. . . . Fresh-Air Fiend is rich with information, intelligent discourse, humour and plain old good storytelling.” – Globe and Mail

“[Paul Theroux is] one of the best English-language travel writers alive. . . . [Fresh-Air Fiend] contains startling encounters, luminous scenes, wry insights and beautiful writing.” – Financial Times (U.K.)

Biographie de l'auteur :

Paul Theroux was born in Medford Massachusetts, in 1941, and published his first novel, WALDO, in 1967. His subsequent novels include PICTURE PALACE, winner of the Whitbread Prize for Fiction, THE MOSQUITO COAST, and the hugely acclaimed, KOWLOON TONG. His travel books include THE GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR and THE PILLARS OF HERCULES.

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