| Titre : | Dark star safari : overland from Cairo to Cape Town / | | Type de document : | texte imprimé | | Auteurs : | Paul Theroux | | Editeur : | Boston : Houghton Mifflin | | Année de publication : | 2003 | | Importance : | 472 p. | | Présentation : | maps | | Format : | 24 cm | | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 0-618-13424-7 | | Mots-clés : | Travel Memoir History | | Index. décimale : | 916 Géographie de l'Afrique | | Résumé : | In Dark Star Safari the wittily observant and endearingly irascible Paul Theroux takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry, and train. In the course of his epic and enlightening journey, he endures danger, delay, and dismaying circumstances.
Gauging the state of affairs, he talks to Africans, aid workers, missionaries, and tourists. What results is an insightful mediation on the history, politics, and beauty of Africa and its people.
In a new postscript, Theroux recounts the dramatic events of a return to Africa to visit Zimbabwe. |
Dark star safari : overland from Cairo to Cape Town / [texte imprimé] / Paul Theroux . - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003 . - 472 p. : maps ; 24 cm. ISBN : 0-618-13424-7 | Mots-clés : | Travel Memoir History | | Index. décimale : | 916 Géographie de l'Afrique | | Résumé : | In Dark Star Safari the wittily observant and endearingly irascible Paul Theroux takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry, and train. In the course of his epic and enlightening journey, he endures danger, delay, and dismaying circumstances.
Gauging the state of affairs, he talks to Africans, aid workers, missionaries, and tourists. What results is an insightful mediation on the history, politics, and beauty of Africa and its people.
In a new postscript, Theroux recounts the dramatic events of a return to Africa to visit Zimbabwe. |
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