Palestinian Walks
A series of reflective essays about moving through the landscapes of the West Bank and Gaza region.
travel writing
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Matsuo Bashō’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a travel narrative recounting an 1689 journey cross-country.
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In Xanadu
in xanadu A travel adventure to commemorate Marco Polo’s journey along the Silk Road, Scottish historian (a Cambridge student at the time he took this journey), William Dalrymple, uses older historic narratives and maps to help guide him and fellow travelers from the Holy Land to Xanadu (Shan-tu, just north of Beijing). Dalrymple's more recent book, The Golden Road posits that Indian ships were a more economical and vital trade route than the better known (and slower) land route of...
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Things Become Other Things
The walk and the environs are the stage settings for the people Mod encounters,
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Riding Toward Everywhere
Delves into the history and culture of train hopping. Excellent writing.
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Voyage Around My Room
A somewhat privileged man confined to a room in a house as punishment for taking part in a duel. How to pass the hours? He takes a journey around his room, of course. As one does. And writes about it creatively, of course.
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The Colossus of Maroussi
The book chronicles Miller's experiences traveling through Greece in the late 1930s…