A Journey Around My Room

Alain de botton concentrates on the journey aspect noting that in familiar places we have become habituated and therefore blind.

A journey around my room.

A journey round my room by maistre xavier de 1763 1852. Publication date 1871 publisher london longmans green reader and dyer collection university of illinois urbana champaign. Tue 4 jun 2013 10 29 edt first published on tue 4 jun 2013 10 29 edt. New york hurd and houghton in 1790 xavier de maistre was 27 years old and a soldier in the army of the sardinian kingdom which covered swathes of modern day northern italy and southern france.

There is a 4 page foreword by alain de botton and a 7 page introduction by the translator andrew brown. Americana digitizing sponsor university of illinois urbana champaign contributor. My three star rating might be a little harsh because it s a combined rating for both stories in the book. A journey around my room is 69 pages and a nocturnal expedition around my room 62 pages.

Alain de botton concentrates on the journey aspect noting that in familiar places we have become habituated and therefore blind. There is a 4 page foreword by alain de botton and a 7 page introduction by the translator andrew brown. A true evaluation would be four stars for the first story in the collection and two stars for the second. A journey around my room is 69 pages and a nocturnal expedition around my room 62 pages.