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Half a lifetime ago, paul theroux virtually invented the modern travel narrative by recounting his grand tour by train through asia. Winner of the stanford dolman lifetime contribution to travel writing award 2020 thirty years ago paul theroux left london and travelled across asia and back again by. Get on board therouxs fastmoving travelogue, which features some of the most astute commentary on our distorted notions of time. The acclaimed author of the great railway bazaar retraces his legendary journey through europe and asia in this funny, informative and lyrical travelogue the guardian, uk paul theroux virtually invented the modern travel narrative by recounting his 25,000mile journey by train through eastern europe, central asia, the indian subcontinent, china, japan, and siberia. Ghost train to the eastern star brevard county library. Ghost train to the eastern star digital library of. He explains some of the pain that plagued him during the earlier trip especially his wifes dissatisfaction and contrasts the contentment that he has now achieved. National bestseller in ghost train to the eastern star, theroux recreates an epic journey he took thirty years ago, a giant loop by train mostly through eastern europe, turkey, the caucasus, central asia, the indian subcontinent, china, japan, and siberia. His novels include the lower river and the mosquito coast, and his renowned travel books include ghost train to the eastern star and dark star safari. Paul theroux ghost train to the eastern star the eurostar. He travels from london, through europe on the orient express and then through turkey, turkmenistan, india, sri lanka, vietnam, and japan before making his way home on the transsiberian railway.
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