Is there a book that all first-time world travelers should read?
My main advice to a first-time traveler would be to read something from, or at least set in, the place they’re going. But in addition to that there are some great books about young peripatetics — books like The Asiatics by Frederic Prokosch, a very sensual novel from the 1930s that perfectly captures the exhilaration and randomness of solo travel, or The Razor’s Edge, a somewhat cheesy book but one that really resonated with me when I was thinking of quitting a job I hated right after college to move abroad. Graham Greene has a wry and detached perspective that’s fun to let seep into you when you’re in a strange place, even if it’s not very correct by today’s standards. But again, someone who goes abroad and takes only books from his or her own culture is going to miss a lot, I think. I usually have several books going at the same time when I’m traveling. Are there books that don’t fit into your store’s theme, but that you have decided you must carry because they are favorites? Or wou
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