The Imperial Way : By Rail from Peshawar to Chittagong
by Paul Theroux, Steve McCurry (Photographer)
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John_Vaughan These two works are complimentary and have echoes of each aspect of the buildongs and the railways of the Indian Emprie.
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Good read, but the pics were the best part of this book.
Summary: A description of travel, by text and photography, of rail travel from Peshawar, Pakistan across India to Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Paul Theroux er en av mine yndlingsforfattere. Steve McCurry en av mine favorittfotografer. Sammen har de reist med tog fra Peshawar i Pakistan til Chittagong i Bangladesh, og dokumentert reisen med korte tekster og bilder. Theroux skriver som han alltid gjør godt og personlig, Steve McCurry er en av vår tids beste dokumentarfotogfafer, og tilsammen blir dette midt i blinken for en som elsker reiser, bilder Paul Theroux og Steve McCurry. Flere sånne bøker nå!
Jan 2, 2010Norwegian
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"The imperial way" is een fotoboek met foto's van Steve McCurry met een inleidende tekst van Paul Theroux. De tekst van Theroux is best aardig, maar een boek met foto's van McCurry koop je natuurlijk vanwege de foto's en niet vanwege de tekst. Dit is het eerste fotoboek van McCurry en hoewel er een paar prachtige foto's in staan is het nog niet zo goed als zijn latere boeken. Dit blijkt ook uit het feit dat in zijn overzichtsboek "The iconic photographs *****" slechts een paar foto's uit dit boek gebruikt zijn.
Mar 11, 2013Dutch
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Paul Edward Theroux was born on April 10, 1941 in Medford, Massachusetts and is an acclaimed travel writer. After attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst he joined the Peace Corps and taught in Malawi from 1963 to 1965. He also taught in Uganda at Makerere University and in Singapore at the University of Singapore. Although Theroux has show more also written travel books in general and about various modes of transport, his name is synonymous with the literature of train travel. Theroux's 1975 best-seller, The Great Railway Bazaar, takes the reader through Asia, while his second book about train travel, The Old Patagonian Express (1979), describes his trip from Boston to the tip of South America. His third contribution to the railway travel genre, Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China, won the Thomas Cook Prize for best literary travel book in 1989. His literary output also includes novels, books for children, short stories, articles, and poetry. His novels include Picture Palace (1978), which won the Whitbread Award and The Mosquito Coast (1981), which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Theroux is a fellow of both the British Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Geographic Society. His title Lower River made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. Currently his 2015 book, Deep South , is a bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) Paul Theroux is the distinguished author of numerous award-winning books, including "The Mosquito Coast," "Kowloon Tong," & "Half Moon Street." (Publisher Provided) show less
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