A Journey Around My Room (Alma Classics)

A Journey Around My Room (Alma Classics)

by Andrew Brown (Translator), Andrew Brown (Translator), Andrew Brown (Translator), Xavier De Maistre (Author)

Synopsis

Finding himself locked in his room for six weeks, a young officer uses his imagination to travel around his room, using the various objects it contains as inspiration for a delightful parody of contemporary travel-writing and exercise in Sternean picaresque, and humorously demonstrating what one can explore without having to travel to exotic locations. Contains a foreword by Alain de Botton

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: 01
Publisher: Alma Classics
Published: 14 Jun 2017

ISBN 10: 1847493084
ISBN 13: 9781847493088

Author Bio
Xavier de Maistre (1763 - 1852) was an aristocrat and army officer and is best known for his novel A Journey around my Room which he wrote while under arrest for having participated in a duel.