The Art of Travel by Alain De Botton

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The Art of Travel by Alain De Botton

Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow.
Even as de Botton takes the reader along on his own peregrinations, he also cites such distinguished fellow-travelers as Baudelaire, Wordsworth, Van Gogh, the biologist Alexander von Humboldt, and the 18th-century eccentric Xavier de Maistre, who catalogued the wonders of his bedroom. The Art of Travel is a wise and utterly original book. Don't leave home without it.

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ISBN 13 9780375420825
ISBN 10 0375420827
Title The Art of Travel
Author Alain De Botton
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pantheon Books
Year published 2002-07-30
Number of pages 255
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.