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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
by: Paul Theroux
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780140249798 Edition: New Ed ISBN: 0140249796 Label: Penguin Languages: Manufacturer: Penguin Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: May 03, 2001 Publisher: Penguin Studio: Penguin Features:
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Product Description:
Features train journey down the length of North and South America. This book depicts a voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts to the arid plateau of Argentina's most southerly tip, via pretty Central American towns and the ancient Incan city of Macchu Pichu.
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- Amazingly prompt deliveryGood, clean low-priced paperback, arrived in well-padded bag, even before Amazon notified me of its despatch, before even minimum arrival time. Excellent service! Sorry I'm only half-way through it as yet - it's quite heavy going and I have little time, but it's a fascinating tale!
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- you will love the Authours voice or you will find him wimpishThis book has decent descriptive language of the railroad from Boston to Patagonia. It gets 1 star for that.
The characters the authour meets are almost certainly made up ( i will forgive him for this. When you write a travel book you have to lie about the characters you meet because real life is to banal )
The Authour reads several books whilst he is on the train--i like it when travel writers talk about the books they are reading ( it gets another star for that, making ... Read More
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- "The journey, not the arrival, matters; the voyage, not the landing."In 1979, Paul Theroux departed from his childhood home in Medford, Massachusetts, and began his train journey from the East Coast of the United States to Patagonia, on the southern tip of Argentina. A seasoned traveler, fluent in Spanish, Theroux brings to life his trip through the northern and southern hemispheres, traveling without a schedule and observing his fellow passengers on the train and people at stops along the way.
In Texas he is astonished at the contrasts between Laredo ... Read More
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- Old Fart rides trainI began reading this book after having thoroughly enjoyed "Dark Star" by the author. "Dark Star" swept me into its narrative, educated me and gave me a real sense of Africa's contradictory nature. It was a wonderful book! However, Theroux came across as an arrogant, ignorant old man who's views of the landscape outside his train car and his opinions of the people inside had no more depth than the narrow route of the train tracks upon which he travelled. If I had wanted a narration of how grumpy ... Read More
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- The Old Patagonian ExpressI thoroughly enjoyed reading this whilst I was travelling through South America (in the opposite direction to Theroux). It even motivated me to search out those of the trains that he travelled on, that were still in service. I found his uncompromising, often critical view of others and himself, a refreshing change from the political correctness that we are accustomised to today. I thought his observations acute and I'm looking forward to reading more of his work.
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