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Routes et déroutes. Entretiens avec Irène Lichtenstein-Fall
250 pages, Paperback
First published October 16, 1997
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Nicolas Bouvier
103 books108 followersNicolas 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 possibilities of the language he uses. (He wrote mainly in French, though he does mention writing a series of travel articles in English for a local journal during his stay in Ceylon.)
His most famous books are The Way of the World, The Japanese Chronicles, and The Scorpion Fish.
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 possibilities of the language he uses. (He wrote mainly in French, though he does mention writing a series of travel articles in English for a local journal during his stay in Ceylon.)
His most famous books are The Way of the World, The Japanese Chronicles, and The Scorpion Fish.
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January 27, 2023
Un superbe livre d'entretien avec Nicolas Bouvier. Pour découvrir et comprendre son parcours de vie, comment on en vient au voyage, comment voyager et pourquoi voyager. On percevra aussi ce que le voyage change dans le regard sur le monde. Une richesse de réflexions, de rétrospectives, magnifiquement consignées.
August 19, 2013
Un livre de questions-réponses qui permettent de jeter un oeil dans les coulisses des voyages et des écrits de Nicolas Bouvier, notamment l'L'usage Du Monde, Chronique japonaise et Journal d'aran et autres lieux.
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