The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean Paperback - 1996
by Paul Theroux
The bestselling travel writer and novelist now takes us on a magical tour of the Mediterranean. Theroux's other bestselling travel books include The Great Railway Bazaar, Riding the Iron Rooster, and The Happy Isles of Oceana.
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"DAZZLING."
--Time"[THEROUX'S] WORK IS DISTINGUISHED BY A SPLENDID EYE FOR DETAIL AND THE TELLING GESTURE; a storyteller's sense of pacing and gift for granting closure to the most subtle progression of events; and the graceful use of language. . . . We are delighted, along with Theroux, by the politeness of the Turks, amazed by the mountainous highlands in Syria, touched by the gesture of an Albanian waitress who will not let him pay for his modest meal. . . . The Pillars of Hercules [is] engrossing and enlightening from start (a damning account of tourists annoying the apes of Gibraltar) to finish (an utterly captivating visit with Paul Bowles in Tangier, worth the price of the book all by itself)."
--Chicago Tribune"ENTERTAINING READING . . . WHEN YOU READ THEROUX, YOU'RE TRULY ON A TRIP."
--The Boston Sunday Globe"HIS PICARESQUE NARRATIVE IS STUDDED WITH SCENES THAT STICK IN THE MIND. He looks at strangers with a novelist's eye, and his portraits are pleasantly tinged with malice."
--The Washington Post Book World"THEROUX AT HIS BEST . . . An armchair trip with Theroux is sometimes dark, but always a delight."
--Playboy"AS SATISFYING AS A GLASS OF COOL WINE ON A DUSTY CALABRIAN AFTERNOON . . . With his effortless writing style, observant eye, and take-no-prisoners approach, Theroux is in top form chronicling this 18-month circuit of the Mediterranean."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Details
- Title The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean
- Author Paul Theroux
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Paperback
- Pages 528
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ballantine Books, New York
- Date October 29, 1996
- ISBN 9780449910856 / 0449910857
- Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (20.32 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Library of Congress subjects Mediterranean Region - Description and travel
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96096586
- Dewey Decimal Code 910.918
Media reviews
Citations
- New York Times, 01/26/1997, Page 28
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