Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings

Paul Theroux

HarperCollins, May 1, 2001 - Travel - 480 pages

Paul Theroux's first collection of essays and articles devoted entirely to travel writing, FRESH AIR FIEND touches down on five continents and floats through most seas in between to deliver a literary adventure of the first order, with the incomparable Paul Theroux as a guide. From the crisp quiet of a solitary week spent in the snowbound Maine woods to the expectant chaos of Hong Kong on the eve of the Hand-over, Theroux demonstrates how the traveling life and the writing life are intimately connected. His journeys in remote hinterlands and crowded foreign capitals provide the necessary perspective to "become a stranger" in order to discover the self. A companion volume to SUNRISE WITH SEAMONSTERS, FRESH AIR FIEND is the ultimate good read for anyone fascinated by travel in the wider world or curious about the life of one of our most passionate travelers.

Contents

• Introduction Being a Stranger: 1
• Part 1 Time Travel: 15
• Part 2 Fresh Air Fiend: 55
• Part 3 A Sense of Place: 91
• Part 4 China: 155
• Part 5 The Pacific: 269
• Part 6 Books of Travel: 321
• Part 7 Escapees and Exiles: 393
• Part 8 Fugues: 441
• Bibliography: 463

About the author

PAUL THEROUX is the author of many highly acclaimed books. His novels include The Bad Angel Brothers, The Lower River, Jungle Lovers, and The Mosquito Coast, and his renowned travel books include Ghost Train to the Eastern Star and Dark Star Safari. He lives in Hawaii and on Cape Cod.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings
• Author: Paul Theroux
• Edition: unabridged
• Publisher: HarperCollins, 2001
• ISBN: 0547526342, 9780547526348
• Length: 480 pages
• Subjects: Travel / Essays & Travelogues; Travel / Pictorials; Travel / Reference