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The Way of the World
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Manufacturer: Elan Press
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A Cult Classic, "The Way of the World" is one of the most beguiling travel books ever written. Reborn from the ashes of a Pakistan rubbish heap, it tells of a friendship between a writer and an artist, forged on an impecunious, life-enhancing journey from Serbia to Afghanistan in the 1950s. On one level it is a candid description of a road journey, on another a meditation on travel as a journey towards the self, all written by a sage with a golden pen and a wide infectious smile. It is published here for the first time in English with the Vernet drawings which are such a dynamic part of its whole.
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What Customers Say About The Way of the World:
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I bought this book on the strength of it having an introduction written by a favourite author, Patrick Leigh Fermor. Because the writing is superb. Lke Fermor's "Time of Gifts", "The Way of the world" is a road story extraordinaire. Why. It's erudite, concise and topical for today's reader in that Bouvier comprehends what makes the heart and soul tick of the people he meets. Especially relevant are the journeys through Serbia, Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan moreover he describes them in an objective but kindly manner; he is a humanist with an aesthetic sensibility.
He doesn't describe the country. I envy his travels and his writing. I envy him. he simply lives country's life. For me Bouvier writes the best travel novels. It s something different. Stays somewhere in Anatolia for a month, then suddenly one day decides it is time. Time to go, time to travel.
The Way of the World takes me back to when a generation traveled the world with backpacks, motorcycles and VW buses. It is a travel log set in the late fifties, of two casual travelers in their early twenties, who set off on a trip from Europe to India to explore the backroads and see life in its essence as lived by the local people. The book paints the pictures of gypsys, artists, mountain families and ancient cities with bazaars, using local color and the eye of an artist. Those who have traveled with similiar resources will enjoy the challenges of the innovative repair of an old Fiat in the middle of a desert, the capricousness of venturing into another country with only pocketchange, and the discovery that most people in the world do have a love of strangers.
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