Bibliograph

Figures in a landscape, people and places : essays: 2001-2016, Paul Theroux

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Figures in a landscape, people and places : essays: 2001-2016, Paul Theroux

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Figures in a landscape

Responsibility statement

Paul Theroux

Sub title

people and places : essays: 2001-2016

Summary

"A delectable collection of Theroux's recent writing on great places, people, and prose"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Study for figures in a landscape -- My drug tour: searching for ayahuasca -- Thoreau in the wilderness -- Liz in Neverland -- Greeneland -- Hunter in the kingdom of fear -- Conrad at sea -- Simenon's world -- Dr. Sacks, the healer -- Nurse Wolf, the hurter -- Robin Williams: "Who's he when he's at home?" -- Tea with Muriel Spark -- Mrs. Robinson revisited -- Talismans for our dreams -- The rock star's burden -- Living with geese -- Trespassing in Africa -- The seozires in Zimbabwe -- Stanley: the ultimate African explorer -- Paul Bowles: not a tourist -- Maugham: up and down in Asia -- English hours: nothing personal -- Traveling beyond Google -- Hawaii: islands upon islands -- Mockingbird in Monroeville -- Benton's America -- My life as a reader -- The real me: a memory -- Life and the magazine -- Dear old dad: memories of my father -- The trouble with autobiography

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

People and places : essays: 2001-2016

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