Jim's comments
(member since Nov 12, 2007)
Jim's comments from the Travel Literature Makes My Heart Beat Faster.. group.
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I liked the book as I knew nothing about the area/people travelled
whatever a writer/person's true persoanlity is should be the one to come across whether in his/her writing or in a face to face meeting
that way the reader/meeter can decide whether they like the "real personality" or not and go from there
Andrea
don't go out on a limb too soon
I'll bet you spend a lot of time at casinos gambling too
FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT which lays out the transfer of power from England to India/Pakistan is a great book with a lot of insight into what happened and it's effect on India in 1948 and I would believe carries over still today
I liked Theroux's books -DARK STAR SAFARI and GHOST TRAIN TO THE EASTERN STAR even with his attitude
in both books he revisits places he's been 30 years earlier and gives him a unique perspective on changes/nonchanges in those places
plus I think he is a very brave man given some of his travel experiences in various places where nature is difficult or the political situation is not exactly friendly
MEN OF SALT looks good to me
FYI - I just finished COLD BEER AND BICYCLES about a guy who quits his job at Time magazine and bicycles around the outer edges of Australia
it was very good but I'm for MEN OF SALT
I'm interested - what about Fall?
the Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner is a really fun and interesting book aboout HAPPINESS, the studies about the same and different places around the world
I like it when an author branches out with opinions about the places they visit and am looking forward to the Steves book
Andrea wrote: "I really liked "Dark Star Safari." Another African travel book I recently read that is also good, although less bitingly sarcastic, is Dervla Murphy's "Cameroon with Egebert.""
I really liked Dark Star Safari as well
not often get a person who has been in a place in the past and then revisits like Theroux does here
not sure about books to read but was awestruck by Ephesus ruins in Turkey and a place not to be missed
what's Jaywalking with the Irish about?
I started it yesterday
picked it up at library and looking forward to reading it
sounds like a great book. I'm in
GG wrote: "A book that I loved is "The Art of Travel" by Alain de Botton. The essays cover some philosophical aspects of travel and those who love to go.
I just finished THE ART OF TRAVEL and like GG loved it
great book about what we, various artists (Van Gogh, Hopper etc), poets (Wordsworth), writers (Ruskin), philosophers (Pascal, Nietszchie), adventurers can get from travel when it comes to not just seeing but noticing the place we travel as well as art
thanks to GG' recommendation, I find myself trying to notice as well as see the world around me
GG Husak, author of Passeggiata
www.passeggiatait..."
GG - I took out the ART OF TRAVEL yesterday and am excited about reading it soon -thanks for the tip
It's amazing how reading about the philosophy/psychological/historical aspects of almost anything opens up a new way of seeing things and that's probably what I appreciate most about books
James wrote: "I read Bryson's In a Sunburned Country and [a:Tony Horwitz|16541|Tony Horwitz|http://w..."
Liked Horwitz book a lot too
Andrea/John -have either of You read Sunburned Country about Austrailia by Bryson?
I can't stand Ian McEwen who wrote Atonement which was made into a movie and many people like his work but I woulde rather work than read McEwen
like Todd said , Bryson's books on travel especially A SUNBURNED COUNTRY (Australia) and ON THE ROAD (US) by Kerouac are great but I'm finding books like CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS (VENICE) and MONSTER OF FLORENCE give You a feel for the cities plus are good stories
even though not strictly travel literature
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