The Art of Travel

Product Description

A sensible and completely unique ebook of journey essays from a global bestselling creator that can “give one an expansive sense of marvel” (The Baltimore Solar).
Any Baedeker will inform us the place we should journey, however solely Alain de Botton will inform us how and why. With the identical intelligence and insouciant allure he delivered to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the attract of the unique, and the worth of noticing all the things from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow.
At the same time as de Botton takes the reader alongside on his personal peregrinations, he additionally cites such distinguished fellow-travelers as Baudelaire, Wordsworth, Van Gogh, the biologist Alexander von Humboldt, and the 18th-century eccentric Xavier de Maistre, who catalogued the wonders of his bed room. The Artwork of Journey is a “refreshing and profoundly readable” ebook (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Don’t depart dwelling with out it.
Writer ‏ : ‎ Classic; Reprint version (Might 11, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0375725342
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0375725340
Merchandise Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.16 x 0.58 x 7.99 inches