| Record Number |
779186 |
| ISBN |
9780241266496 |
| 9780241266496 (paperback) |
| Author |
Theroux, Paul author. |
| Theroux, Paul |
| Title |
Figures in a Landscape: ; People & Places / Theroux, Paul. [TP] |
| Figures in a landscape : people and places : essays: 2001-2016 / Paul Theroux. |
| Publisher/Date |
London, UK : Hamish Hamilton, 2018. |
| [London] : Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2018. |
| ©2018 |
| Pagination etc. |
xvii, 386 pages ; 23 cm. 24 cm |
| Contents note |
Scheduled to be published April 2018 |
| 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 seizures 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. |
| Summary Note |
Drawing together classic Theroux pieces from the past 14 years, this new collection offers a comprehensive and deeply searching portrait of its acclaimed author - a kind of autobiography through work. |
| "A delectable collection of Theroux's recent writing on great places, people, and prose"-- |
| Target audience note |
General |
| Subject - Name |
Theroux, Paul |
| Theroux, Paul -- Travel |
| Theroux, Paul -- Books and reading |
| Subject |
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography |
| Essays. |
| Travel writing. |
| Shelf Location |
814.54 THER |
