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The Art of Travel (Paperback)
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The Art of Travel (Paperback)
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List price R397
Loot Price R323
Discovery Miles 3 230
You Save R74 (19%)
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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'Honest, funny and dripping
with witty aphorisms. Extremely entertaining and enlightening [...]
all the way to journey's end' Herald One of our greatest voices in
modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations
of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life,
presents a travel guide with a difference - an exploration of why
we travel, and what we learn along the way... Few activities seem
to promise as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for
somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more
interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are
inundated with advice on where to travel to, we seldom ask why we
go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so. With the
help of a selection of writers, artists and thinkers - including
Flaubert, Edward Hopper, Wordsworth and Van Gogh - Alain de Botton
provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance
to hotel minibars, airports to sightseeing. The perfect antidote to
those guides that tell us what to do when we get there, The Art of
Travel tries to explain why we really went in the first place - and
helpfully suggest how we might be happier on our journeys.
'Delightful, profound, entertaining. I doubt if de Botton has
written a dull sentence in his life' Jan Morris 'An elegant and
subtle work, unlike any other. Beguiling' Colin Thubron, The Times
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