Travels with Charley
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Question 1: Overall thoughts?
Bryan
Apr 12, 2020 12:17PM
As you finish the book, what are your overall thoughts? What did you like about it? How was it different from his novels that you’ve read?
If you enjoyed this I highly recommend The Log of the Sea of Cortez from 1940. It is a bit more existential at times but is essentially another travelogue. I had the pleasure of staying in the writers studio where he wrote the book back in March.
If you enjoyed this I highly recommend The Log of the Sea of Cortez from 1940. It is a bit more existential at times but is essentially another travelogue. I had the pleasure of staying in the writers studio where he wrote the book back in March.
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I've got the impression most of the book had been invented. The impression I get is that his health was in steep decline and he travelled a bit with his wife and stayed in a few hotels. I felt really underwhelmed by the whole thing and it felt a bit pointless which is a shame because he was a great writer
I remember liking it but also thinking how deceptively simple it was. It is not a book, in my recollection, that was highly visual. I'd call it quiet.
What things do you think should be in a travel narrative?
What things do you think should be in a travel narrative?
Luke Smith
Bill Bryson does this very well in his travel books. He'll usually talk about his arrival, first impressions then some funny anecdotes and the story t
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