A Voyage Round My Room

Xavier de Maistre

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English

Splice
28 May 2020

Memoirs; European history; Travel tips & advice: general; Travel writing; Classic travel writing

In 1790, Xavier de Maistre was sentenced to forty-two days under house arrest for his participation in a duel. Bored and frustrated, but unwilling to let domestic confinement wreak havoc on his sanity, de Maistre decided to look at his prison with fresh eyes. What he saw was a world of unexpected wonder, a world as full of marvels as any distant land.

By: Xavier de Maistre
Imprint: Splice
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 122g
ISBN: 9781916173088
ISBN 10: 191617308X
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 28 May 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for A Voyage Round My Room

Wonderful, funny and deceptively profound. There is irony upon irony here, like the tiers of a multistorey cake. Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian The paradox of de Maistre's house arrest is that it is a genuine liberation, releasing him into a territory more expansive and beguiling than the city outside... sealing the link between idleness and the imaginary life. Josh Cohen, author of Not Working