A Journey Around My Room
Author(s): Xavier de Maistre
Finding himself locked in his room for six weeks, a young officer uses his imagination to travel around his room, using the various objects it contains as inspiration for a delightful parody of contemporary travel-writing and exercise in Sternean picaresque, and humorously demonstrating what one can explore without having to travel to exotic locations. Contains a foreword by Alain de Botton
Product Information
Xavier de Maistre (1763 - 1852) was an aristocrat and army officer and is best known for his novel A Journey around my Room which he wrote while under arrest for having participated in a duel.
General Fields
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- : Alma Classics
- : Alma Classics
- : 0.185973
- : April 2013
- : .48 Inches X 5.13 Inches X 7.9 Inches
- : United Kingdom
- : July 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Xavier de Maistre
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 843.6
- : 143
- : Andrew Brown