Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the tracks of 'The Great Railway Bazaar'
Autor Paul Therouxen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 mai 2009
Thirty years ago Paul Theroux left London and travelled across Asia and back again by train. His account of the journey - The Great Railway Bazaar - was a landmark book and made his name as the foremost travel writer of his generation. Now Theroux makes the trip all over again. Through Eastern Europe, India and Asia to discover the changes that have swept the continents, and also to learn what an old man will make of a young man's journey.Ghost Train to the Eastern Staris a brilliant chronicle of change and an exploration of how travel is 'the saddest of pleasures'.
'A dazzler, giving us the highs and lows of his journey and tenderness and acerbic humour . . . fellow-travelling weirdoes, amateur taxi drivers, bar-girls and long-suffering locals are brought vividly to life'Spectator
'Fans of Theroux are not likely to be disappointed. Theroux has great descriptive skill . . . the world is slightly less unknown by virtue of reading the book'Sunday Telegraph
'Relaxed, curious, confident, surprisingly tender. Theroux's writing has an immediate, vivid and cursory quality that gives it a collective strength'Sunday Times
'A brilliant eye, readable and vivid. Theroux has still got it'Observer
'Fascinating, a joy to read'Tatler
Paul Theroux's books includeDark Star Safari,Ghost Train to the Eastern Star,Riding the Iron Rooster,The Great Railway Bazaar,The Elephanta Suite,A Dead Hand, The Tao of TravelandThe Lower River.The Mosquito CoastandDr Slaughterhave both been made into successful films. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141015729
ISBN-10: 0141015721
Pagini: 496
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141015721
Pagini: 496
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Paul
Therouxhas
written
many
works
of
fiction
and
travel
writing,
including
the
modern
classicsThe
Great
Railway
Bazaar,The
Old
Patagonian
Express,
My
Secret
HistoryandTheMosquito
Coast.
Paul
Theroux
divides
his
time
between
Cape
Cod
and
the
Hawaiian
islands.
Recenzii
.readers will find his usual wonderfully evocative landscapes and piquant character sketches...No matter where his journey takes him, Theroux always sends back dazzling post cards." Publishers Weekly, Starred
"Theroux wanders to places that scarcely cross other travel writers' minds, among tham Vientiane ('a sleepy town on the banks of the muddy river, famous for its cheap beer') and Phnom Penh ('scruffy, rather beaten-up...like a scarred human face in which its violent past was evident'). He also keeps up a running argument with the books he reads along the way, to say nothing of his contemporaries )Chatwin never traveled alone, he harumphs, and neither does his bete noire Naipaul."
Kirkus Reviews
"Brilliant. No one writes with theroux's head-on intensity and raptness, and his descriptions made me want to jump on the next plane to Istanbul (and also, of course, to many of the other places he evokes). I particularly loved the spectral motif, the ghosts and shadows and underground presences that flit through the narrative, giving the whole a half-seen and haunting dimension that no book of travels I've ever read conjures up." --Pico Iyer
“As thoughtful and observant as ever…this trip finds Theroux reflecting not only on changes to the landscape but also to himself…a wonderful book infused with the insights of maturity…it’s a reminder that in this age of increasingly homogenous urban centers and easy air travel, those who really want to discern national differences should stay on the ground.”
Booklist, ALA, Starred Review —
"Theroux wanders to places that scarcely cross other travel writers' minds, among tham Vientiane ('a sleepy town on the banks of the muddy river, famous for its cheap beer') and Phnom Penh ('scruffy, rather beaten-up...like a scarred human face in which its violent past was evident'). He also keeps up a running argument with the books he reads along the way, to say nothing of his contemporaries )Chatwin never traveled alone, he harumphs, and neither does his bete noire Naipaul."
Kirkus Reviews
"Brilliant. No one writes with theroux's head-on intensity and raptness, and his descriptions made me want to jump on the next plane to Istanbul (and also, of course, to many of the other places he evokes). I particularly loved the spectral motif, the ghosts and shadows and underground presences that flit through the narrative, giving the whole a half-seen and haunting dimension that no book of travels I've ever read conjures up." --Pico Iyer
“As thoughtful and observant as ever…this trip finds Theroux reflecting not only on changes to the landscape but also to himself…a wonderful book infused with the insights of maturity…it’s a reminder that in this age of increasingly homogenous urban centers and easy air travel, those who really want to discern national differences should stay on the ground.”
Booklist, ALA, Starred Review —