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"Travel writing at its best."
THE HOUSTON POST
Author and travel writer Paul Theroux does what no one else can: he travels to the isolated, unusual, and fascinating spots of the world, and creates an elegy to them that makes readers feel they are traveling with him. Evocative, breathtaking, intriguing, here is the armchair traveler's guide to the sites of the world he makes us feel we know.
THE HOUSTON POST
Author and travel writer Paul Theroux does what no one else can: he travels to the isolated, unusual, and fascinating spots of the world, and creates an elegy to them that makes readers feel they are traveling with him. Evocative, breathtaking, intriguing, here is the armchair traveler's guide to the sites of the world he makes us feel we know.
Ingram
The noted writer's own selection of his best travel pieces reintroduces readers to a sultan in Malaysia, mourners in a Chinese cemetery in Singapore, nudists in Corsica, war-stricken villagers in Vietnam, and others around the world. Reprint. NYT.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hauntingly Seductive,
By A Customer
This review is from: To the Ends of the Earth (Mass Market Paperback)
This romantic comedy by Paul Theroux was absoloutely superb. The character of baby Alexandra was my favourite as she was a talking baby with a strange disability, having the misfortune of wheels instead of legs. There were other interesting characters such as Bessy the poisonious mark, which could talk and fly.Even though this book was fantastic it was great.
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The Globetrotting Non-Tourist,
By doomsdayer520 (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
This review is from: To the Ends of the Earth (Mass Market Paperback)
This book is a collection of episodes, usually not connected, from six previous Theroux books published in the 70's and 80's. His travels in five different continents are highlighted here with varying degrees of detail. Since his other books describe distinct journeys from beginning to end, Theroux explains in the intro here that this book is meant more as a celebration of the art of traveling itself. He also has some snide insights into the art of travel writing, especially annoying authors who give only a tourist's eye view of the destination but don't bother to say how they got there. Getting there is Theroux's passion and the fragments in this volume usually show him encountering all kinds of intriguing characters and situations around the world, all while on his way somewhere else. That includes the good, the bad, and the ugly - and describing all of these with equal insight is Theroux's greatest strength as a globetrotting non-tourist.
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Best of the Best in Travel Writing,
By A Customer
This review is from: To the Ends of the Earth (Mass Market Paperback)
In his Introduction Paul Theroux writes, "When something human is recorded, good travel writing happens." Theroux always records the human aspects of countries and people he meets along the way. He records the scene outside the train window or porthole like no one else. Close to poetic in some sections. I have read almost all of Theroux's books and when I picked up this one I was afraid it would just be excerpts from his travels and might be less than satisfying, the tales taken out of conntext. I was wrong. These stories are gems in their own right, timeless, and may inspire you to read more of his books, fiction and nonfiction.
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