A Journey Around My Room

Author: Xavier de Maistre

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Price : $20.00 AUD
ISBN : 9781847493088
Publisher : Alma Classics
Imprint : Alma Classics
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Weight (g) : 0.185973
Publication date : 01 April 2013
Dimensions : .48 Inches X 5.13 Inches X 7.9 Inches
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 19.99
Availability date : 01 July 2013
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Author : Xavier de Maistre
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 843.6
Pages : 143
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Translator : Andrew Brown
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Description

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

Author description

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.

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