The Great Railway Bazaar

By Train Through Asia

Paul Theroux (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

448 Seiten

1994
Picador (Verlag)
978-0-330-33816-5 (ISBN)

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'Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom hear a train go by and not wished I was on board it'

Paul Theroux decided to board every train that chugged into view, 'from Victoria Station to Tokyo Central; to take the branch line to Simla, the spur through the Khyber Pass and the chord line that links Indian Railways with those of Ceylon; the Mandalay Express, the Malaysian Golden Arrow, the locals in Vietnam and the trains with bewitching names, the Orient Express, the North Star, the Trans-Siberian.' The result is the story of an adventure fuelled by the romance of the railways. 'In the fine old tradition of purposeless travel for fun and adventure ...compulsive reading' Graham Green 'More than a rich and original entertainment. His people, places and asides will stay a long time jostling in the mind of the reader' V. S. Pritchett 'One of the most entertaining books I have read' Angus Wilson

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.11.1994
Zusatzinfo	map
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	122 x 184 mm
Gewicht	510 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
ISBN-10	0-330-33816-1 / 0330338161
ISBN-13	978-0-330-33816-5 / 9780330338165
Zustand	Neuware