Enjoyed reading this travel log with history and personal tidbits thrown in. Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town Paul Theroux, 2002 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 496 pp. For some unknown reason I assume that I'll garner some great knowledge form his books or be more amused than frustrated. —Daniel Jos. Even at the end of his trip, through all the corruption and horror Africa's dictators have visited on their lands and people, the beaten, oppressed Africans Theroux has met (...) Theroux does not fear for the continent." Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. In the travel-writing tradition that made Paul Therouxs reputation, In the course of his epic and enlightening journey, he endures danger, delay, and dismaying circumstances. He was a fabulous storyteller and I immediately regretted that I had given away his book.
He wants Africa to make leaps and bounds in its economic and political policy, but then how would he be able to write so endearingly of the street urchins and the poverty?
After the train starts, the girl flings stones through his window, just missing him. He doesn't shy away from the literary aspects of his tale, either, frequently invoking Conrad and Rimbaud, and dropping in at the homes of Naguib Mahfouz and Nadine Gordimer at the beginning and end of his trip. A reasonably well written and interesting book about Africa. He was a fabulous storyteller and I immediately regretted that I had given away his book. "You'll have a terrible time," one diplomat tells Theroux upon discovering the prolific writer's plans to hitch a ride hundreds of miles along a desolate road to Nairobi instead of taking a plane. One picks up this book hoping for an armchair traveling voyage through East Africa. Welcome back. Took it to work with me and read it while getting gas. Such "What do you do?" Quotes Add a Quote No rose colored lenses here. The San Francisco Chronicle Theroux, one suspects, could be a headache to travel with; resourceful, courageous and indefatigable, as well … He also has no respect for employees of NGOs, missionaries and most governmental officials. I left the book next to one of the tent stakes and went inside to hear him talk. He heaps great blame on the NGO programs in Sub-Saharan countries-- essentially articulating that they have removed from citizens of many Africans nations any incentive to fend for themselves. At 60, no one has so conquered the genre like Theroux. There is no public transportation through many of the countries he traversed. Thus far: not. 16 River Safari to the Coast 17 Invading Drummond’s Farm 18 The Bush Border Bus to South Africa 19 The Hominids of Johannesburg 20 The Wild Things at Mala Mala 21 Faith, Hope, and Charity on the Limpopo Line 22 The Trans-Karoo Express to Cape Town 23 Blue Train Blues . Travel writing tends to generalise, but I must say that this book is much harsher towards white people and westerners in general.arrogant tourists who think they're "not really white"WHY do I keep reading books by this man? He paints himself as impervious to the dangers of Africa because he's Been There Before, and can speak to natives in their own language. Summaries. Travel. All news out of Africa is bad. He hitched rides in rickety overloaded trucks and buses traveling on roads strewn with potholes and boulders. April 5th 2004 The first 200 pages of Renowned travel writer, Paul Theroux's, account of a solitary journey from Cairo to Cape Town in 2001. The problem for this reader is that no one seems to interest him more than himself.Why does one admire Paul Theroux and at the same find him hard to like? During a train stop a child begs in a prayerful way. What an arrogant, hypocritical dick! by Mariner Books After all, seeing those things and writing about them makes him strong and experienced, right? In one of the most highly anticipated young adult books of 2020, debut author Aiden Thomas creates a magical world of Latinx-inspired magic that si...Dear mr. Lomayani, I just would like to point out that mr. Theroux has lived in Uganda for many years and that the travel from Cairo to Cape town tookDear mr. Lomayani, I just would like to point out that mr. Theroux has lived in Uganda for many years and that the travel from Cairo to Cape town took him several months, not a day or a week. I had a Paul Theroux on my shelf for years, untouched, and finally decided to take it with me to the Chicago Book Festival last summer where I released it.
A just-compelling-enough pompous ass. Feeling that the place was so large it contained many untold tales and some hope and comedy and sweetness, too feeling that there was more to Africa than misery and terror I aimed to reinsert myself in the bundu, as we used to call the bush, and to wander the antique hinterland.
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