The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia - Couverture rigide

Theroux, Paul

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ISBN 10 : 0241891868 ISBN 13 : 9780241891865

Editeur : Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1975

Synopsis

The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux’s account of his epic journey by rail through Asia. Filled with evocative names of legendary train routes – the Direct-Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Delhi Mail from Jaipur, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Hikari Super Express to Kyoto and the Trans-Siberian Express – it describes the many places, cultures, sights and sounds he experienced and the fascinating people he met. Here he overhears snippets of chat and occasional monologues, and is drawn into conversation with fellow passengers, from Molesworth, a British theatrical agent, and Sadik, a shabby Turkish tycoon, while avoiding the forceful approaches of pimps and drug dealers. This wonderfully entertaining travelogue pays loving tribute to the romantic joys of railways and train travel.

Présentation de l'éditeur

First published more than thirty years ago, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining railway odyssey has become a modern classic of travel literature. Here Theroux recounts his early adventures on an unusual grand continental tour. Asia's fabled trains -- the Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Frontier Mail, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Mandalay Express, the Trans-Siberian Express -- are the stars of a journey that takes him on a loop eastbound from London's Victoria Station to Tokyo Central, then back from Japan on the Trans-Siberian. Brimming with Theroux's signature humor and wry observations, this engrossing chronicle is essential reading for both the ardent adventurer and the armchair traveler.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1975
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0241891868
• ISBN 13: 9780241891865
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 342
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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