The Book Depository A Journey Around My Room and A Nocturnal by Xavier de Maistre
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Description: A Journey Around My Room and A Nocturnal Expedition around My Room : Paperback : Alma Books Ltd : 9781847493088 : 1847493084 : 01 Oct 2013 : Accompanied in this volume by its equally superb sequel, Nocturnal Expedition around My Room, in which a similar voyage is made at night several years later, Journey around My Room is a masterly and innovative piece of writing, which was immensely popular in its time and would later influence Victor Hugo and Marcel Proust, among others. The Book Depository A Journey Around My Room and A Nocturnal by Xavier de Maistre - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9781847493088
MPN: 1847493084
GTIN: 9781847493088
Author: Nita Newman
Rating: 5
Review: I know my review title is somewhat a contradiction; however I must explain myself. Xavier is young and naive, playful and comedic. His attention to the smallest of details goes beyond the superfluous. However his recommendations to his way of travelling is nothing short of patronising towards people of 'lesser means'. A great addition to any reader interested in Psychogeography. Reading this against Georges Perec's The Species of Spaces and other pieces gives great perspective on space, travelling and what it can mean to us as individuals.
Author: Boiteltoifel
Rating: 2
Review: Der Autor "reist" durch sein Zimmer. Leider nicht so unterhaltsam wie Mark Twain in "The Innocents Abroad", sondern sehr (für mich ZU) philosophisch. Nach 30 langweiligen Seiten habe ich kapituliert.
