Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China - Softcover

Theroux, Paul

 
9780140112955: Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0140112952 ISBN 13: 9780140112955
Verlag: Penguin, 1989

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Winner of the Stanford Dolman Lifetime Contribution to Travel Writing Award 2020

Paul Theroux left Victoria Station on a rainy Saturday in April thinking that taking eight trains across Europe, Eastern Europe, the USSR and Mongolia would be the easy way to get to the Chinese border - the relaxing way, even. He would read a little, take notes, eat regular meals and gaze contentedly out of windows. The reality, of course, was very different.

In fact, Theroux experienced a decidedly odd and unexpected trip to China that set the challenging tone for his epic year-long rail journey around that vast, inscrutable land - a journey which involved riding nearly every train in the country.

'Wry, humorful and occasionally querulous ... as Theroux makes excruciatingly clear, travelling alone in the Middle Kingdom is not for the faint of heart or stomach' Time.

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Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, My Secret History and The Mosquito Coast. He won the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing 2020. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.

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Verlag
Penguin
Erscheinungsdatum
1989
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0140112952
ISBN 13 
9780140112955
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
512
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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Madrid
Madrid
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