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Figures in a Landscape: People and Places - Hardcover - VERY GOOD
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0544870301
ISBN-13
9780544870307
eBay Product ID (ePID)
240104748
Product Key Features
Book Title
Figures in a Landscape : People and Places
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Literary, Essays & Travelogues, Essays
Genre
Travel, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-045486
Reviews
"Novelist and travel writer Theroux is at the top of his game with his third collection of essays, a magisterial grouping of intimate remembrances, globe-trotting adventures, and incisive literary critiques...A highly versatile, appealing writer, Theroux casts a wide net with pleasing and entertaining results." -- Publishers Weekly, **Starred Review** "[Theroux's] stories are less travelogues than well-curated meditations on some of the places, people, and moments he has experienced in a lifetime of rambles... His spare, unhurried prose style, which is rarely long-winded, betrays a novelist's relish for illuminating details and devastating turns of phrase... A masterfully simple and satisfying collection." -- Kirkus "Those who've missed these 30 pieces where previously published will be impressed by the breadth of his interests, the depth of his research, and the scrupulousness of his prose. A profile of Elizabeth Taylor...works a miracle, allowing us to view the icon with unjaded eyes. A lengthy profile of a dominatrix...offers genuine insight into both spanker and spanked. Appreciations of Conrad, Greene, Maugham, and Simenon show how book introductions ought to be done. And the closing, more personal pieces...add emotional heft and shape to this wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and eminently browsable collection." -- Booklist " Theroux's observations are so keen and writerly skills so sharp that he butter-slices narratives with a razor-thin surgeon's scalpel, masterfully serving up both the world's dark underbelly and its gloriously uplifting sustenance of love, longing and wonder -lust." -- Forbes " In short, there is something for everyone. [...] His talky, big-hearted book will make a heavenly companion at the beach." --Honolulu Star Advertiser " His new collection of essays, like its illustrious author, is full of surprises ." -- Forbes.com, "A portrait of an optimist with curiosity and affection for humanity in all its forms, as well as a ravenous appetite for the literary efforts of others...Theroux's sweet spot happens to be spinning a convincing narrative through wandering conversations with any citizens who cross his path...emotionally affective." -- The New York Times Book Review "Novelist and travel writer Theroux is at the top of his game with his third collection of essays, a magisterial grouping of intimate remembrances, globe-trotting adventures, and incisive literary critiques...A highly versatile, appealing writer, Theroux casts a wide net with pleasing and entertaining results." -- Publishers Weekly, **Starred Review** "[Theroux's] stories are less travelogues than well-curated meditations on some of the places, people, and moments he has experienced in a lifetime of rambles... His spare, unhurried prose style, which is rarely long-winded, betrays a novelist's relish for illuminating details and devastating turns of phrase... A masterfully simple and satisfying collection." -- Kirkus "Those who've missed these 30 pieces where previously published will be impressed by the breadth of his interests, the depth of his research, and the scrupulousness of his prose. A profile of Elizabeth Taylor...works a miracle, allowing us to view the icon with unjaded eyes. A lengthy profile of a dominatrix...offers genuine insight into both spanker and spanked. Appreciations of Conrad, Greene, Maugham, and Simenon show how book introductions ought to be done. And the closing, more personal pieces...add emotional heft and shape to this wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and eminently browsable collection." -- Booklist " Theroux's observations are so keen and writerly skills so sharp that he butter-slices narratives with a razor-thin surgeon's scalpel, masterfully serving up both the world's dark underbelly and its gloriously uplifting sustenance of love, longing and wonder -lust." -- Forbes " In short, there is something for everyone. [...] His talky, big-hearted book will make a heavenly companion at the beach." --Honolulu Star Advertiser " His new collection of essays, like its illustrious author, is full of surprises ." -- Forbes.com, "A portrait of an optimist with curiosity and affection for humanity in all its forms, as well as a ravenous appetite for the literary efforts of others . . . Theroux's sweet spot happens to be spinning a convincing narrative through wandering conversations with any citizens who cross his path . . . Emotionally affective." -- New York Times Book Review "Novelist and travel writer Theroux is at the top of his game with his third collection of essays, a magisterial grouping of intimate remembrances, globe-trotting adventures, and incisive literary critiques . . . A highly versatile, appealing writer, Theroux casts a wide net with pleasing and entertaining results." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "[Theroux's] stories are less travelogues than well-curated meditations on some of the places, people, and moments he has experienced in a lifetime of rambles . . . His spare, unhurried prose style, which is rarely long-winded, betrays a novelist's relish for illuminating details and devastating turns of phrase . . . A masterfully simple and satisfying collection." -- Kirkus Reviews "Those who've missed these thirty pieces where previously published will be impressed by the breadth of his interests, the depth of his research, and the scrupulousness of his prose. A profile of Elizabeth Taylor . . . works a miracle, allowing us to view the icon with unjaded eyes. A lengthy profile of a dominatrix . . . offers genuine insight into both spanker and spanked. Appreciations of Conrad, Greene, Maugham, and Simenon show how book introductions ought to be done. And the closing, more personal pieces . . . add emotional heft and shape to this wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and eminently browsable collection." -- Booklist "Theroux's observations are so keen and writerly skills so sharp that he butter-slices narratives with a razor-thin surgeon's scalpel, masterfully serving up both the world's dark underbelly and its gloriously uplifting sustenance of love, longing and wonder-lust." -- Forbes "In short, there is something for everyone . . . His talky, big-hearted book will make a heavenly companion at the beach." -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser "His new collection of essays, like its illustrious author, is full of surprises."-- Forbes.com, "Novelist and travel writer Theroux is at the top of his game with his third collection of essays, a magisterial grouping of intimate remembrances, globe-trotting adventures, and incisive literary critiques...A highly versatile, appealing writer, Theroux casts a wide net with pleasing and entertaining results." -- Publishers Weekly, **Starred Review** "[Theroux's] stories are less travelogues than well-curated meditations on some of the places, people, and moments he has experienced in a lifetime of rambles... His spare, unhurried prose style, which is rarely long-winded, betrays a novelist's relish for illuminating details and devastating turns of phrase... A masterfully simple and satisfying collection." -- Kirkus "Those who've missed these 30 pieces where previously published will be impressed by the breadth of his interests, the depth of his research, and the scrupulousness of his prose. A profile of Elizabeth Taylor...works a miracle, allowing us to view the icon with unjaded eyes. A lengthy profile of a dominatrix...offers genuine insight into both spanker and spanked. Appreciations of Conrad, Greene, Maugham, and Simenon show how book introductions ought to be done. And the closing, more personal pieces...add emotional heft and shape to this wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and eminently browsable collection." -- Booklist " Theroux's observations are so keen and writerly skills so sharp that he butter-slices narratives with a razor-thin surgeon's scalpel, masterfully serving up both the world's dark underbelly and its gloriously uplifting sustenance of love, longing and wonder -lust." -- Forbes " In short, there is something for everyone. [...] His talky, big-hearted book will make a heavenly companion at the beach." --Honolulu Star Advertiser, "Novelist and travel writer Theroux is at the top of his game with his third collection of essays, a magisterial grouping of intimate remembrances, globe-trotting adventures, and incisive literary critiques...A highly versatile, appealing writer, Theroux casts a wide net with pleasing and entertaining results." -- Publishers Weekly, **Starred Review** "[Theroux's] stories are less travelogues than well-curated meditations on some of the places, people, and moments he has experienced in a lifetime of rambles... His spare, unhurried prose style, which is rarely long-winded, betrays a novelist's relish for illuminating details and devastating turns of phrase... A masterfully simple and satisfying collection." -- Kirkus "Those who've missed these 30 pieces where previously published will be impressed by the breadth of his interests, the depth of his research, and the scrupulousness of his prose. A profile of Elizabeth Taylor...works a miracle, allowing us to view the icon with unjaded eyes. A lengthy profile of a dominatrix...offers genuine insight into both spanker and spanked. Appreciations of Conrad, Greene, Maugham, and Simenon show how book introductions ought to be done. And the closing, more personal pieces...add emotional heft and shape to this wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and eminently browsable collection." -- Booklist
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
818.609
Synopsis
A delectable collection of Theroux's recent writing on great places, people, and prose In the spirit of his much-loved Sunrise with Seamonsters and Fresh Air Fiend, Paul Theroux's latest collection of essays leads the reader through a dazzling array of sights, characters, and experiences, as Theroux applies his signature searching curiosity to a life lived as much in reading as on the road. This writerly tour-de-force features a satisfyingly varied selection of topics that showcase Theroux's sheer versatility as a writer. Travel essays take us to Ecuador, Zimbabwe, and Hawaii, to name a few. Gems of literary criticism reveal fascinating depth in the work of Henry David Thoreau, Graham Greene, Joseph Conrad, and Hunter Thompson. And in a series of breathtakingly personal profiles, we take a helicopter ride with Elizabeth Taylor, go surfing with Oliver Sacks, eavesdrop on the day-to-day life of a Manhattan dominatrix, and explore New York with Robin Williams. An extended mediation on the craft of writing binds together this wide-ranging collection, along with Theroux's constant quest for the authentic in a person or in a place.
LC Classification Number
PS3570.H4A6 2018
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