A Journey Around My Room: And a Nocturnal Expedition Around My Room (Alma Classics)

A Journey Around My Room: And a Nocturnal Expedition Around My Room (Alma Classics)

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

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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: 1
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.