'An elegant and subtle work, unlike any other. I doubt if de Botton has written a dull sentence in his life' Jan Morris The Art of Travel is a refreshing and profoundly readable' book (The Philadelphia Inquirer). 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. 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. 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. Alain de Botton’s The Art of Travel serves. 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.įew 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. The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton With so much travel literature telling us where to go, we can lose sight of the purpose behind traveling at all. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than a moving plane, ship or train. It follows the author Matthew Parris’s trip around Peru and shares the great adventures he experienced with a side of humor. Extremely entertaining and enlightening all the way to journey's end' Herald The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton 22,316 ratings, 3.82 average rating, 1,543 reviews The Art of Travel Quotes Showing 1-30 of 86 Journeys are the midwives of thought. Inca-Kola: A Traveller’s Tale of Peru is a hilarious book for anyone to read before they travel to South America (especially Peru). 'Honest, funny and dripping with witty aphorisms.
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