A Week at the Airport

Alain De Botton, Richard Baker

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Vintage International
21 September 2010

Transport industries; Aircraft: general interest; Travel & holiday; Travel writing

Series: Vintage International

"From the bestselling author of The Art of Travel comes a wittily intriguing exploration of the strange ""non-place"" that he believes is the imaginative center of our civilization.

Given unprecedented access to one of the world’s busiest airports as a “writer-in-residence,” Alain de Botton found it to be a showcase for many of the major crosscurrents of the modern world—from our faith in technology to our destruction of nature, from our global interconnectedness to our romanticizing of the exotic. He met travelers from all over and spoke with everyone from baggage handlers to pilots to the airport chaplain. Weaving together these conversations and his own observations—of everything from the poetry of room service menus to the eerie silence in the middle of the runway at midnight—de Botton has produced an extraordinary meditation on a place that most of us never slow down enough to see clearly. Lavishly illustrated in color by renowned photographer Richard Baker, A Week at the Airport reveals the airport in all its turbulence and soullessness and—yes—even beauty."

By: Alain De Botton
By (photographer): Richard Baker
Imprint: Vintage International
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 170g
ISBN: 9780307739674
ISBN 10: 0307739678
Series: Vintage International
Pages: 107
Publication Date: 21 September 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for A Week at the Airport

Simultaneously poignant and terribly funny . . . De Botton's most imaginative work yet. Spectator Funny, charming, and slender enough to pack in your carry-on. Daily Mail Surprising. . . . His observations on airport life are wry and thought-provoking. Telegraph Shrewd, perceptive and gently ironic. Independent