Along the Road [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Huxley, Aldous

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0586085106 ISBN 13: 9780586085103

Casa editrice: Flamingo, 1994

Riassunto

Huxley reveals his thoughts on the subject of travelling in general and tourism in particular. He compares walking to motoring, looks for the traveller's-eye view in literature, weighs up his selection of guidebooks, analyzes the effects of sunglasses on the landscape, dissects our attitudes towards town and country and recomends some reading matter for a journey.

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L'autore:

Aldous Huxley was born in 1894 near Godalming, Surrey. He began writing poetry and short stories in his early twenties, but it was his first novel, ‘Crome Yellow’ (1921), which established his literary reputation. This was swiftly followed by ‘Antic Hay (1923), ‘Those Barren Leaves’ (1925) and ‘Point Counter Point ‘(1928) – bright, brilliant satires in which Huxley wittily passed judgement on the shortcomings of contemporary society.

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'Along the Road' is a marvellous collection of twenty-two essays on Huxley's travels across Europe in the 1920s. With inimitable wit and style, he not only contemplates the subject of travel in general, analysing the effects of sunglasses on the landscape and recommending the best reading matter for a journey (namely 'the half-size edition of the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica''), but also offers us singular and perceptive portraits of the people and places he visits.

Whether he is awestruck by the solemnity of daily life in the mountain monastery at Montesenario, or full of boyish enthusiasm for the perfect flatness of the Dutch landscape, 'the rationalist's paradise', Huxley is the perfect travelling companion.

'For me, travelling is a vice... Like other vices, it is imperious, demands its victim's time and money, energy and the sacrifice of his comfort.'

"'Along the Road' is a collection of brilliant and amusing essays. Huxley is one of the best writers of his generation."
SUNDAY TIMES

"To our amused delight, Huxley passionately deplores the vice of travelling without a purpose, and charmingly confesses his traveller's curiosity about people which makes them enchanting until he comes to know them. We laugh with him, seeing our own weaknesses exposed. His convictions are proclaimed with a warm eloquence, and the chapters on Brueghel, Rimini and Alberti are truly brilliant and invigorating."
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAW

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• Editore: Flamingo
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0586085106
• ISBN 13: 9780586085103
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 160