THE PILLARS OF HERCULES; A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean;; Signed By Author

Theroux, Paul;

ISBN 10: 0399141081 / ISBN 13: 9780399141089

Edité par G.P. Putnam's, New York, 1995

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cloth, 509, map endpapers, light edge wear Size: 8 Vo.,

N° de réf. du vendeur TR 9083

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• Titre: THE PILLARS OF HERCULES; A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean;; Signed By Author
• Éditeur: G.P. Putnam's, New York
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0399141081
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780399141089
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Travel
  • Signed Books

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Synopsis

"DAZZLING."
--Time
"[THEROUX'S] WORK IS DISTINGUISHED BY A SPLENDID EYE FOR DETAIL AND THE TELLING GESTURE; a storyteller's sense of pacing and gift for granting closure to the most subtle progression of events; and the graceful use of language. . . . We are delighted, along with Theroux, by the politeness of the Turks, amazed by the mountainous highlands in Syria, touched by the gesture of an Albanian waitress who will not let him pay for his modest meal. . . . The Pillars of Hercules [is] engrossing and enlightening from start (a damning account of tourists annoying the apes of Gibraltar) to finish (an utterly captivating visit with Paul Bowles in Tangier, worth the price of the book all by itself)."
--Chicago Tribune
"ENTERTAINING READING . . . WHEN YOU READ THEROUX, YOU'RE TRULY ON A TRIP."
--The Boston Sunday Globe
"HIS PICARESQUE NARRATIVE IS STUDDED WITH SCENES THAT STICK IN THE MIND. He looks at strangers with a novelist's eye, and his portraits are pleasantly tinged with malice."
--The Washington Post Book World
"THEROUX AT HIS BEST . . . An armchair trip with Theroux is sometimes dark, but always a delight."
--Playboy
"AS SATISFYING AS A GLASS OF COOL WINE ON A DUSTY CALABRIAN AFTERNOON . . . With his effortless writing style, observant eye, and take-no-prisoners approach, Theroux is in top form chronicling this 18-month circuit of the Mediterranean."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)