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The Art of Travel

Author: Alain de Botton  

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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 suggests how we might be happier on our journeys.

Provides an insight into everything from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing. This book suggests how we might be happier on our journeys.

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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 suggests how we might be happier on our journeys.

Provides an insight into everything from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing. This book suggests how we might be happier on our journeys.

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Top Ten bestseller in hardback, and over 60,000 sold in hardback and trade paperbackFew activities seem to promise us 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's bestselling The Art of Travel provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing.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 suggests how we might be happier on our journeys.

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Critic Reviews

“"A jewel of civility, wit and insight; de Botton has produced wondrous essays. An invitation to hyperbole . . . a volume to give one an expansive sense of wonder."- The Baltimore Sun "Illuminating. . .a lovely combination of enthusiasm, sensitivity, a care for the large and small, and the local and the foreign. . . reading de Botton's book will help a person discover something fabulous in everyday.- Chicago Tribune "There is something Proustian in The Art of Travel , in the best sense, for Mr. de Botton is a kind of flaneur , strolling through his subject thoughtfully and offering nuanced truths based on his reading, experience and philosophical temperament."- The Wall Street Journal "It would be difficult to name a writer as erudite and yet as reader friendly. . .With a wry, self-deprecating charm, he passes his enthusiasms along in such manner that you can't help being delighted by them." The Seattle Times "[R]efreshing and profoundly readable. . . . Thanks to de Botton's detailed and thoughtful writing, coupled with his clever curiosity, The Art of Travel has the potential to enrich not only our journeys, but also our lives." The Philadelphia Inquirer ”

Richly evocative, sharp and funny. De Botton proves himself to be a very fine travel writer indeed Sunday Telegraph
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
Honest, funny and dripping with witty aphorisms. Extremely entertaining and enlightening . . . all the way to journey's end Herald

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About the Author

Alain de Botton is the bestselling author of fifteen books, including The School of Life- An Emotional Education, How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of Love. He is the founder of The School of Life (theschooloflife.com).

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Published
27th March 2014
Pages
272
ISBN
9780241970065

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