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Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings di Paul…
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Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings (originale 2000; edizione 2001)

di Paul Theroux (Autore)

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A collection of essays and articles in which Paul Theroux reflects on his traveling experiences.
Utente:Picathartes
Titolo:Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings
Autori:Paul Theroux (Autore)
Info:Mariner Books (2001), Edition: 1, 480 pages
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Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings di Paul Theroux (Author) (2000)

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appreciated being taken out of my world for a while. good adventurer, observer and writer as evidenced by his long career. will continue to read in this genre. ( )
  splinfo | Feb 13, 2020 |
Enjoyed listening to this. Completely carried away from outside world. Appreciated listening to his kayaking around the world, snow shoeing in MA etc. Resonated with his need to be outdoors. Clearly a skilled writer, adventurer and observer as evidenced by his long career as a travel writer. Will go to this genre again.
  StaffReads | Feb 13, 2020 |
Paul Theroux says normal people don’t become writers. It is just not healthy to sit in a room for hours staring intently into your own mind. He counter-balances this basically inward condition by paddling thousand of miles in a kayak. In Fresh Air Fiend he explains why and how this type of therapy has become an intrinsic part of his life. This pot- pourri of his experiences and reflections, is more about Paul the human being rather than Paul the observer, than any his other books. He explains why he wrote the books he has, and why he took the trips that inspired them. He never intended to be a travel writer. Like Mark Twain, another great travel writer who needed to make a living as a writer, he did it out of necessity. The fact that he has always been an outsider—just the unhealthy prospective you need to succeed in his line of work—helped him become one of our best contemporary commentators.

Linda Ballou-adventure travel writer and author of
Wai-nani, High Chiefess of Hawai’i-Her Epic Journey
Lost Angel Walkabout-One Traveler's Tales ( )
  LindaBallou | Apr 17, 2010 |
Paul Theroux is vooral bekend als schrijver van een 6-tal reisboeken waarin hij de wereld rondreist, meestal per trein, en opvallende gebeurtenissen en mensen beschrijft. Als zodanig is hij een van mijn favoriete schrijvers.
In "Frisse lucht" zijn een aantal reisverhalen gebundeld die Theroux in de jaren 1985-1999 geschreven heeft. Zoals gebruikelijk bij Theroux zijn de meeste verhalen in dit boek erg onderhoudend. Zijn boeken worden vaak vertaald door Tinke Davids die dit op een zeer prettig leesbare manier doet. Een greep uit de onderwerpen: herinneringen aan het Vredeskorps, kayaktochten in de buurt van zijn woonplaats, China (zie ook "China per trein ***"), de Pacific (zie ook "De gelukkige eilanden ****"), reisboeken van hemzelf en anderen, Bruce Chatwin. Voor de liefhebbers van de boeken van Theroux een must, diegenen die nog nooit een boek van Theroux hebben gelezen raad ik aan om met een van zijn boeken over een grote reis te beginnen.
Uitgelezen: zaterdag 16 september 2000 ( )
  erikscheffers | Sep 14, 2009 |
I found this a very mixed bag - which I suppose it should be given the nature of the collection. On balance I feel the pros beats the cons and it kept me occupied for a while!! ( )
  MeePuak | Jun 18, 2009 |
He can be scathingly funny on his Peace Corps experiences, discerning on the rigors of polar exploration, clinical on illnesses he’s contracted on five different continents, and lyrical on exotic lands threatened by commercialization.
A feast for both Theroux aficionados and those lucky enough to experience his distinctive world-view and evocative prose for the first time.
aggiunto da John_Vaughan | modificaKirkus (Jul 21, 2011)
 
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