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Nicolas Bouvier

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born

in Grand-Lancy, Switzerland

March 06, 1929

died

February 17, 1998

gender

male

genre

Travel, Nonfiction

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Nicolas Bouvier (1929-1998) was a Swiss writer and photographer.

His travels all over the world incited him to recount his experiences and adventures. His work is marked by a commitment to report what he sees and feels, shorn of any pretence of omniscience, leading often to an intimacy bordering on the mystical. His journey from Geneva to Japan was in many ways prescient of the great eastward wave of hippies that occurred in the sixties and seventies - slow, meandering progress in a small, iconic car, carefully guarded idiosyncrasy, a rite of passage. Yet, it differs in that the travelogues this journey inspired contain deep reflections on man's intimate nature, written in a style very much aware and appreciative of the traditions and possib...more

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Nicolas Bouvier's Books

Average rating: 4.15 · 1,564 ratings · 107 reviews · 43 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Way of the World by Nicolas Bouvier, Robyn Marsack (Translator), Patrick Leigh Fermor (Introduction) 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 1963 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Japanese Chronicles 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poisson Scorpion 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1981 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le vide et le plein 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journal d'aran et autres lieux 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oeuvres 4.89 of 5 stars 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le dehors et le dedans 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le hibou et la baleine 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'oeil du voyageur 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Focus On Humanity: A Century Of Photography: Archives Of The International Committee Of The Red Cross 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Nicolas Bouvier

“Traveling outgrows its motives. It soon proves sufficient in itself. You think you are making a trip, but soon it is making you - or unmaking you.”
― Nicolas Bouvier, The Way of the World

tags: travel

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“That day, I really believed that I had grasped something and that henceforth my life would be changed. But insights cannot be held for ever. Like water, the world ripples across you and for a while you take on its colours. Then it recedes, and leaves you face to face with the void you carry inside yourself, confronting that central inadequacy of soul which you must learn to rub shoulders with and to combat, and which, paradoxically, may be our surest impetus.”
― Nicolas Bouvier, The Way of the World

tags: travel

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“In the end, the bedrock of existence is not made up of the family, or work, or what others say or think of you, but of moments like this when you are exalted by a transcendent power that is more serene than love. Life dispenses them parsimoniously; our feeble hearts could not stand more.”
― Nicolas Bouvier, The Way of the World

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