The Art of Travel
 

The Art of Travel (Vintage)

by Alain de Botton

Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow.

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Unbearably good. Although, I put it down twice in trying to get through the first chapter... leaving gaps of several months before I could get too engrossed. I found myself reading parts here and there and sitting to digest it as though it were a meal. I've also used this book as an attitude adjustment... not only in my ventures abroad, but in my daily life... taking measures to ensure that I haven't "brought myself along" to ruin a potentially wonderful adventure.

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  • Paula C

    paula c said:

    This was a slow start for me, but as I continued I learned to appreciate some art that I had totally overlooked- Edward Hopper. A wonderful opening of the mind!

    posted Thursday, December 6 2007
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