The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
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The Art of Travel is not a guide to travelling but an exploration of the role of travel, broadly understood, in the lives and work of some eminent artists and writers.
The Art of Travel is Alain de Botton’s travel guide with a difference.
Few activities seem to promise us as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel to, we seldom ask why we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so.
With the help of a selection of writers, artists and thinkers – including Flaubert, Edward Hopper, Wordsworth and Van Gogh – Alain de Botton’s bestselling The Art of Travel provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing.
The perfect antidote to those guides that tell us what to do when we get there, The Art of Travel tries to explain why we really went in the first place – and helpfully suggests how we might be happier on our journeys.
Imprint: Penguin
Published: 27/03/2014
ISBN: 9780241970065
Length: 272 Pages
Dimensions: 130mm x 20mm x 198mm
Weight: 290g
In 1946, Penguin Classics was launched with E. V. Rieu’s million copy-selling translation of The Odyssey, on the understanding that there was an eager audience for accessible translations of classic works.
Since then, the series has grown to include nearly 3,000 of the greatest and most significant works written, spanning two-and-a-half millennia and representing every corner of the globe.
You can find The Guardian’s exquisite review for this book in the following link:Â https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/may/19/travel.highereducation
We have added this interesting book after a personal present by Mr. Udo Carle.
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