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1helen_fong
hello. i'm trying to remember the name of a book i began reading a year or two ago. it is an account of the travels of two young french men. did they travel by motorcycle? car? was this perhaps pre cars? it might have been pre world world war II, although i think after world war I. one of the men was an artist and i think this was the genesis for the travels which took them to macedonia, maybe? perhaps near northern africa? greece? poland? the one recounting the travels became a journalist i think (or maybe was just a writer). i think the gist of the book was the two men had just finished or were finishing their studies and this was a time before they had any real responsibilities and the freedom they felt exploring the edges of europe. i think the artist had an offer to show his work somewhere random (yugoslavia/macedonia) and that is where the journey began. it might have been post world war II and pre vietnam but i am not thinking that is correct.
2thorold
I haven't read it yet, but it sounds as though it might be L'usage du monde by Nicolas Bouvier. Swiss and 1950s rather than French and 1930s, but it does seem to be two young men in a car, one of them an artist, and they go via Yugoslavia to the Khyber Pass.
3helen_fong
"the way of the world"! yes that looks to be exactly it. thank you so much. really. wow. that was impressive. especially because of all my inaccuracies!
