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fresh air fiend travel writings 1985 2000
paul therouxs first collection of essays and articles devoted entirely to travel writing fresh air fiend touches down on five continents and floats through most seas in between to deliver a literary adventure of the first order with the incomparable paul theroux as a guide . from the crisp quiet of a solitary week spent in the snowbound maine woods to the expectant chaos of hong kong on the eve of the hand over theroux demonstrates how the traveling life and the writing life are intimately connected . his journeys in remote hinterlands and crowded foreign capitals provide the necessary perspective to become a stranger in order to discover the self . a companion volume to sunrise with seamonsters fresh air fiend is the ultimate good read for anyone fascinated by travel in the wider world or curious about the life of one of our most passionate travelers .
paperback mariner books 2001 isbn 0618126937
abridged n isbn 13 9780618126934 number of pages 466 publisher houghton mifflin harcourt release date 62135769600000