White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World
Author(s): Geoff Dyer
From one of Britain's most original writers, White Sands is a creative exploration of why we travel. Episodic, wide-ranging, funny and smart, the linked journeys recall the themes of Dyer's Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It - - albeit with the wisdom of (middle) age. From a trip to the Lightning Field in New Mexico to chasing Gauguin's ghost in French Polynesia, from falling for someone who may or may not be a tour guide in Beijing's Forbidden City to tracking down the house of an intellectual hero in Los Angeles, Dyer pursues all permutations of the peak experience - - including the trough experience. In his trademark style he blends travel writing, essay, criticism and fiction with a smart and cantankerous wit that is unmatched. This is a book for armchair travellers and procrastinating philosophers everywhere.
Product Information
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General Fields
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- : Text Publishing Co
- : The Text Publishing Company
- : 0.352
- : March 2016
- : 234mm X 153mm
- : Australia
- : books
Special Fields
- : Geoff Dyer
- : Paperback
- : 1607
- : 256