Ghost Train to the Eastern Star - On the Tracks of 'The Great Railway Bazaar'

Informationen zum Autor Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar , The Old Patagonian Express , My Secret History and The Mosquito Coast . He won the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing 2020. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands. Klappentext Starting off on the Eurostar from London! Paul Theroux once again sets out on a railway journey through the East! travelling overland through Eastern Europe! and eventually reaching India and Asia. Infused with the changes that have shaped the exterior landscape and enriched with developments to his own perceptions and psychology! GHOST TRAIN TO THE EASTERN STAR is an absorbing and beautifully written follow-up to The Great Railway Bazaar. Full of life and impeccably evoked! this is Paul Theroux at his very best. Zusammenfassung Thirty years ago the author left London and travelled across Asia and back again by train. His account of the journey - "The Great Railway Bazaar" - was a landmark book. Now he makes the trip all over again to discover the changes that have swept the continents. In this book, he gives us the highs and lows of his journey.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Theroux
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.05.2009
• EAN: 9780141015729
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101572-9
• No. of pages: 485
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 32 mm
• Series: HAMISH HAMILTON
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > Asia; Asia, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General, TRAVEL / Asia / General, Asian History, Trains & railways: general interest, Trains and railways: general interest