Research Catalog

Title

The great railway bazaar : by train through Asia / Paul Theroux.

Author

Theroux, Paul

Publication

London : Penguin, 2008.

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Details

Description

xii, 379 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

First published more than thirty years ago, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining railway odyssey has become a modern classic of travel literature. Here Theroux recounts his early adventures on an unusual grand continental tour. Asia's fabled trains - the Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Frontier Mail, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Mandalay Express, the Trans-Siberian Express - are the stars of a journey that takes him on a loop eastbound from London's Victoria Station to Tokyo Central, then back from Japan on the Trans-Siberian. Brimming with Theroux's signature humour and wry observations, this engrossing chronicle is essential reading for both the ardent adventurer and the armchair traveller. This edition includes a new preface by the author.

Series Statement

Penguin modern classics

Uniform Title

Penguin modern classics

Subject

• Theroux, Paul > Travel > Asia
• 1900-1999
• Authors, American > 20th century > Travel > Asia
• Railroad travel > Asia
• Asia > Description and travel

Genre/Form

Travel writing

Note

• Previous ed.: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The 15:30-London to Paris -- The Direct-Orient Express -- The Van Golu ("Lake Van") Express -- The Teheran Express -- The Night Mail to Meshed -- The Kyber Pass Local -- The Khyber Mail to Lahore Junction -- The Frontier Mail -- The Kalka Mail for Simla -- The Rajdhani ("Capital") Express to Bombay -- The Delhi Mail from Jaipur -- The Grand Trunk Express -- The Local Rameswaram -- The Talaimanner Mail -- The 16:25 from Galle -- The Howrah Mail -- The Mandalay Express -- The Local to Maymyo -- The Lashio Mail -- The Night Express from Nog Khai -- The International Express to Butterworth -- The Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur -- The North Star Night Express to Singapore -- The Saigon-Bien Hoa Passenger Train -- The Hue-Danag Passenger Train -- The Hatsukari ("Early Bird") Limited Express to Aomori -- The Ozora ("Big Sky") Limited Express to Sapporo -- The Hikari ("Sunbeam") Super Express to Kyoto -- The Kodama ("Echo") to Osaka -- The Trans-Siberian Express.

ISBN

• 9780141189147 (pbk.)
• 0141189142 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 183146645
• SCSB-10565753

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library