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Post by Gentile on Apr 9, 2020 8:24:59 GMT -5
Travel books, of course.
I'm re-reading Steinbeck's "Travels with Charlie" now (more humorous than I'd originally recalled) with Theroux's "Deep South" on deck...
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Post by WKDWZD on Apr 10, 2020 7:53:53 GMT -5
Travel books, of course.
I'm re-reading Steinbeck's "Travels with Charlie" now (more humorous than I'd originally recalled) with Theroux's "Deep South" on deck...
Have you ever read Bill Bryson? His various travels have had me literally laughing out loud with tears streaming down my face, quite embarrassing really, when you are in a hospital waiting for your consultant appointment.
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Post by Gentile on Apr 14, 2020 7:52:27 GMT -5
Bryson gets a bit of a bad rap (from me) because his travel writing seems sarcastic and condescending. I rarely ever feel like I actually want to travel to the places Bryson describes. But again - that's just how he strikes me.
Michael Palin's "Around the World in 80 Days" is more my style when it comes to travel writing. Or Bourdain's "No Reservations" series on TV, where the late chef makes it his personal mission to try and correct the Ugly American stereotype...
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Post by zenwalk on Apr 14, 2020 18:05:14 GMT -5
Travel books, of course.
I'm re-reading Steinbeck's "Travels with Charlie" now (more humorous than I'd originally recalled) with Theroux's "Deep South" on deck...
Travels with Charley was proven a literary fraud about a decade ago. He never left the house. A friend who nearly idolizes him was irreconcilable. Haven't read any Paul Theroux in decades. Has his work held up? He seemed like he was beginning to take the easy way out with leaning on stereotypical devices. I like his son Louis' docs.
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Post by Gentile on Apr 15, 2020 7:49:42 GMT -5
Travel books, of course.
I'm re-reading Steinbeck's "Travels with Charlie" now (more humorous than I'd originally recalled) with Theroux's "Deep South" on deck...
Travels with Charley was proven a literary fraud about a decade ago. He never left the house. A friend who nearly idolizes him was irreconcilable. I was not aware of that but want to find out more. Sure takes a lot of fun out of reading that book again.
Last Theroux I read was "The Mosquito Coast" which wasn't a travel book...
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Post by pickle20 on Apr 15, 2020 14:29:34 GMT -5
Travel books, of course.
I'm re-reading Steinbeck's "Travels with Charlie" now (more humorous than I'd originally recalled) with Theroux's "Deep South" on deck...
I said the same thing to my wife recently: I want to read a good book that takes place somewhere nice. I haven't really found one yet...was looking for one that took place on Greek Islands...I've already read The Odyssey.
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Post by zenwalk on Apr 15, 2020 23:15:15 GMT -5
Travels with Charley was proven a literary fraud about a decade ago. He never left the house. A friend who nearly idolizes him was irreconcilable. I was not aware of that but want to find out more. Sure takes a lot of fun out of reading that book again.
Last Theroux I read was "The Mosquito Coast" which wasn't a travel book...
I prefer Theroux' travel writing. Iron Rooster and the India book were great. The Africa book was brave for an old white guy going where he went. He got crabby somewhere along the line of his career. Steinbeck's Charley problem is written about pretty extensively online. It's a sorta fun controversy. Here's the wiki about it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travels_with_Charley#Veracity
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Post by Gentile on May 9, 2020 16:21:08 GMT -5
Thanks to Zen, I read the "Reason" on-line article about the "Travels" book but finished the book regardless and still enjoyed it well enough. It did make me wonder where Steinbeck kept Charlie all those times he was shacked up with his wife in those posh hotels along the way but whatever.
Moved on now to splitting time with (travel non-fiction) Cathy Salustri's "Backroads of Paradise" and (fly-fishing fiction) David James Duncan's "The River Why"...
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