The Glamour of Strangeness

by Jamie James

Book Overview

According to Paul Bowles, a tourist travels quickly home, while a traveler moves slowly from one destination to the next. In The Glamour of Strangeness , Jamie James describes "a third species, those who roam the world in search of the home they never had in the place that made them." From the early days of steamship travel, artists stifled by the culture of their homelands fled to islands, jungles, and deserts in search of new creative and emotional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374163359
• ISBN13: 9780374163358
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"