Paul Theroux

A collection of writings from Paul Theroux's fifty years of travel. Included are writings from other travelers such as Charles Dickens, Eudora Welty, Anton Chekhov, Ernest Hemingway and many others.

Enlightenments from Lives on the Road

The Tao of Travel

Alexander Lobov

Paul Theroux is an old man, obsessed with his overly romanticised notion of what travel "should" be. This renders him out of touch with reality and severely constrained by a limited notion of the travel experience. The more he rabbits on about looking for paths less travelled and throwing away technology, the more his overwrought cliches begin to grate. If you want a dull 300+ page lecture from your grandfather on his heady days travelling in the exotic Orient, read this book.

The Tao of Travel Enlightenments from Lives on the Road

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