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Xavier De Maistre
Journey Around My Room [EPUB ebook]

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Finding himself locked in his room for six weeks, a young officer uses his imagination to travel around his room, using the various objects it contains as inspiration for a delightful parody of contemporary travel-writing and exercise in Sternean picaresque, and humorously demonstrating what one can explore without having to travel to exotic locations. Contains a foreword by Alain de Botton

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Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780714546445 ● Publisher Alma Books ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5828245 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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