| Voyage Around My Room Contributor(s): de Maistre, Xavier (Author), Sartarelli, Stephen (Translator), Howard, Richard (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0811222101 ISBN-13: 9780811222105 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.9" W x 7.9" (0.55 lbs) 244 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1790, while serving in the Piedmontese army, the French aristocrat Xavier de Maistre (1763-1852) was punished for dueling and placed under house arrest for forty-two days. The result was a discursive, mischievous memoir Voyage Around My Room, and its sequel, Nocturnal Expedition Around My Room. Admired by Nietzsche and Machado de Assis, Ossian and Susan Sontag, this classic book proves that sitting on the living-room sofa can be as fascinating as crossing the Alps or paddling up the Amazon. In addition to the Voyage and Expedition, this edition also includes the dialogue "The Leper of the City of Aosta," a preface by Xavier's better-known older brother (the royalist philosopher Joseph de Maistre), and an introduction by Richard Howard. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sartarelli, Stephen: - An award-winning translator and poet, Stephen Sartarelli lives in France.Howard, Richard: - Richard Howard is a distinguished American, poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator.De Maistre, Xavier: - Xavier de Maistre (1763-1852) was a French military man and writer. He began serving in the army at a young age, and lived primarily in Italy, but eventually moved to St. Petersburg, where he died.Maistre, Joseph De: - Joseph de Maistre was a philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat. |