Paul Edward Theroux Knihy

This startling, far-reaching book captures the tumult, ambition, hardship, and serenity that mark today’s India. Theroux’s Westerners risk venturing far beyond the subcontinent’s well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace. A middle-aged couple on vacation veers heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds succor in Mumbai’s reeking slums. And a young woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore. We also meet Indian characters as singular as they are reflective of the country’s subtle ironies: an executive who yearns to become a holy beggar, an earnest striver whose personality is rewired by acquiring an American accent, a miracle-working guru, and others. As ever, Theroux’s portraits of people and places explode stereotypes to exhilarating effect. The Elephanta Suite is a welcome gift to readers of international fiction and fans of this extraordinary writer.

Fired by a fascination with trains that stemmed from childhood, Paul Theroux set out one day with the intention of boarding every train from Victoria Station in London to Tokyo Central. This book tells his story.

Renowned travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux has been many places in his life and tried almost everything. But this trip in and around the lands of the Pacific may be his boldest, most fascinating yet. From New Zealand's rain forests, to crocodile-infested New Guinea, over isolated atolls, through dirty harbors, daring weather and coastlines, he travels by Kayak wherever the winds take him--and what he discovers is the world to explore and try to understand.

Een Amerikaanse schrijver begint een nieuw leven als hotelmanager op Hawaiï en observeert de levens van de hotelgasten en personeelsleden.

Ervaringen tijdens een reis rond de Middellandse Zee.

Een jonge Amerikaanse leidt in Londen een hachelijk dubbelleven bij een escort-service.

Vier verhalen waarin erotiek een prominente rol speelt.

Verzameling autobiografische stukken, reisverhalen en essays.

In 'China, per trein' reist Paul Theroux door alle provincies van de Volksrepubliek China. Hij legt de tegenstellingen en de strijd tussen traditie en vernieuwing vast. Terwijl de trein door dit gigantische rijk voortpuft, praat Theroux met talloze Chinezen, die soms zeer uitgesproken meningen geven.