The Art of Travel 英文原版

图书标准信息

• 作者 Alain De Botton 著
• 出版社 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2004-05
• ISBN 9780375725340
• 定价 119.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 272页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Vintage

【内容简介】

AnyBaedekerwilltelluswhereweoughttotravel,butonlyAlaindeBottonwilltellushowandwhy.WiththesameintelligenceandinsouciantcharmhebroughttoHowProustCanSaveYourLife,deBottonconsidersthepleasuresofanticipation;theallureoftheexotic,andthevalueofnoticingeverythingfromaseascapeinBarbadostothetakeoffsatHeathrow.

EvenasdeBottontakesthereaderalongonhisownperegrinations,healsocitessuchdistinguishedfellow-travelersasBaudelaire,Wordsworth,VanGogh,thebiologistAlexandervonHumboldt,andthe18th-centuryeccentricXavierdeMaistre,whocataloguedthewondersofhisbedroom.TheArtofTravelisawiseandutterlyoriginalbook.Don’tleavehomewithoutit.

【作者简介】

AlaindeBottonistheauthorofOnLove,TheRomanticMovement,KissandTell,HowProustCanChangeYourLife,TheConsolationsofPhilosophyand,mostrecently,StatusAnxiety.Hisworkhasbeentranslatedintotwentylanguages.HelivesinLondon.Moreinformationcanbefoundatwww.alaindebotton.com.