Fresh Air Fiend

Fresh Air Fiend Travel Writings

Paperback (01 May 2001)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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 information

ISBN: 9780618126934
Publisher: HMH Books
Imprint: Mariner Books
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 480
Weight: 454g
Height: 203mm
Width: 133mm
Spine width: 30mm