{"product_id":"the-old-patagonian-express","title":"The Old Patagonian Express","description":"\u003cp\u003eSetting off in his hometown, and ending up 'almost at the end of the world', Paul Theroux's \u003ci\u003eThe Old Patagonian Express \u003c\/i\u003eis a travel writing tour de force from one of the masters of the genre contains a new preface by the author in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The journey, not the arrival, matters'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Old Patagonian Express\u003c\/i\u003etells of Paul Theroux's train journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning on Boston's subway, he depicts a voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts to the arid plateau of Argentina's most southerly tip, via pretty Central American towns and the ancient Incan city of Macchu Pichu. Shivering and sweating by turns as the temperature and altitude rise and plummet, he describes the people he encountered - thrown in with the tedious, and unavoidable, Mr Thornberry in Limón and reading to the legendary blind writer, Jorge Luis Borges, in Buenos Aires. Witty, sharply observed and beautifully written, this is a richly evocative account of travelling to 'the end of the line'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Edward Theroux (b. 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, born in Medford, Massachusetts. Among his best known works of travel-writing are \u003ci\u003eThe Great Railway Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), \u003ci\u003eThe Old Patagonian Express \u003c\/i\u003e(1979), and \u003ci\u003eRiding the Iron Rooster \u003c\/i\u003e(1985). Theroux has published numerous works of fiction, some of which have been adapted into films, including \u003ci\u003eThe Mosquito Coast\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), a 1986 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. Theroux is the father of British documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux, and the uncle of American actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Old Patagonian Express\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's \u003ci\u003eWind, Sand and Stars, \u003c\/i\u003ealso available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the most entrancing travel books written in our time'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Travel writing at its most accomplished'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HOLIDAY BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":52998465749328,"sku":"9780141189154","price":16.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/3834\/5940\/files\/unnamed_8dbb0306-37b8-46a2-b6f5-86530c5f51f4.jpg?v=1778545613","url":"https:\/\/holiday-books.de\/products\/the-old-patagonian-express","provider":"HOLIDAY BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}