€œA book to be plundered and raided.€ €" New York Times Book Review
€œA portal into a world of timeless travel literature curated by one of the greatest travel writers of our day.€ €" USA Today
Paul Theroux celebrates fifty years of wandering the globe in this collection of the best writing from the books that have shaped him as a reader and a traveler. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, The Tao of Travel contains excerpts from the best of Theroux€s own work interspersed with selections from travelers both familiar and unexpected:
€œDazzling . . . Like someone panning for gold, Theroux reread hundreds of travel classics and modern works, shaking out the nuggets.€ €" San Francisco Chronicle
€œA portal into a world of timeless travel literature curated by one of the greatest travel writers of our day.€ €" USA Today
Paul Theroux celebrates fifty years of wandering the globe in this collection of the best writing from the books that have shaped him as a reader and a traveler. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, The Tao of Travel contains excerpts from the best of Theroux€s own work interspersed with selections from travelers both familiar and unexpected:
Vladimir Nabokov     Eudora Welty
Evelyn Waugh      James Baldwin
Charles Dickens      Pico Iyer
Henry David Thoreau     Anton Chekhov
Mark Twain     John McPhee
Freya Stark     Ernest Hemingway
Graham Greene     and many others
Evelyn Waugh      James Baldwin
Charles Dickens      Pico Iyer
Henry David Thoreau     Anton Chekhov
Mark Twain     John McPhee
Freya Stark     Ernest Hemingway
Graham Greene     and many others
€œDazzling . . . Like someone panning for gold, Theroux reread hundreds of travel classics and modern works, shaking out the nuggets.€ €" San Francisco Chronicle
