Voyage Around My Room - Softcover

De Maistre, Xavier; Sartarelli, Stephen; Howard, Richard; Maistre, Joseph De

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811222101 ISBN 13: 9780811222105

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2016

Synopsis

In addition to the Voyage and Expedition, this edition also includes the dialogue "The Leper of the City of Aosta," a preface by Xavier's better-known older brother (the royalist philosopher Joseph de Maistre), and an introduction by Richard Howard.

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Review:

Funny and deceptively profound.

De Maistre pioneered a mode of travel that was to make his name: room travel. Dressed in pink-and-blue pajamas, satisfied within the confines of his own bedroom, Xavier de Maistre was gently nudging us to try, before taking off for distant hemispheres, to notice what we have already seen.--Alain De Botton

About the Author:

Xavier de Maistre (1763-1852) was a French military man and writer. He began serving in the army at a young age, and lived primarily in Italy, but eventually moved to St. Petersburg, where he died.

An award-winning translator and poet, Stephen Sartarelli lives in France.

Richard Howard is a distinguished American, poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator.

Joseph de Maistre was a philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0811222101
• ISBN 13: 9780811222105
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244