内容简介
PaulTherouxcelebratesfiftyyearsofwanderingtheglobebycollectingthebestwritingontravelfromthebooksthatshapedhim,asareaderandatraveler.Partphilosophicalguide,partmiscellany,partreminiscence,TheTaoofTravelenumerates“TheContentsofSomeTravelers’Bags”andexposes“WritersWhoWroteaboutPlacesTheyNeverVisited”;tracksextremejourneysin“TravelasanOrdeal”andhighlightssomeof“Travelers’FavoritePlaces.”ExcerptsfromthebestofTheroux’sownworkareinterspersedwithselectionsfromtravelersbothfamiliarandunexpected:VladimirNabokovJ.R.R.TolkienSamuelJohnsonEudoraWeltyEvelynWaughIsakDinesenCharlesDickensJamesBaldwinHenryDavidThoreauPicoIyerMarkTwainAntonChekhovBruceChatwinJohnMcPheeFreyaStarkPeterMatthiessenGrahamGreeneErnestHemingwayTheTaoofTravelisauniquetributetothepleasuresandpainsoftravelinitsgoldenage.