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A rich feast of travel writing, literary essays and fascinating interviews from Sunday Times bestselling travel author Paul Theroux
'Wonderful... Evidence of both the breadth of Theroux's interests and his skill in bringing them to life' Sunday Times Culture
Drawing together a fascinating body of writing from over 14 years of work, Figures in a Landscape ranges from profiles of cultural icons (Oliver Sacks, Elizabeth Taylor, Robin Williams) to intimate personal remembrances; from thrilling adventures in Africa to literary writings from Theroux's rich and expansive personal reading. Collectively these pieces offer a fascinating portrait of the author himself, his extraordinary life, restless and ever-curious mind.

Setting off in his hometown, and ending up 'almost at the end of the world', Paul Theroux's The Old Patagonian Express is 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.
'The journey, not the arrival, matters'
The Old Patagonian Expresstells 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 Limon 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'.
Paul Edward Theroux (b. 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, born in Medford, Massachusetts. Among his best known works of travel-writing are The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), The Old Patagonian Express (1979), and Riding the Iron Rooster (1985). Theroux has published numerous works of fiction, some of which have been adapted into films, including The Mosquito Coast (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.

Allie Fox hat die Schnauze voll von den USA. Vom Kapitalismus. Vom bürgerlichen Dasein. Und so lädt er seine Familie auf ein Schiff und fährt mit ihr kurzerhand in die noch kaum berührten Wälder hinter Honduras‘ Moskito-Küste. Er ist ein genialer Erfinder. Und ein lautstarker, herrschsüchtiger Tyrann. Er drangsaliert seine Familie und die Einheimischen, kauft eine Stadt, baut in dichtestem Urwald ein Modelldorf und stellt mitten hinein – ausgerechnet eine riesige Eismaschine. Doch der Traum von einem autarken, besseren Leben im Dschungel währt nur kurz, und der Weg in die absolute Freiheit wird mehr und mehr zu einem Irrgang durch einen rechtlosen, von einer übermächtigen Natur beherrschten Raum. Paul Theroux‘ 1981 erschienener, gesellschafts- wie zivilisationskritischer Abenteuerroman war ein Bestseller und gilt als sein erfolgreichstes Werk. 1986 wurde das Buch mit Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren und River Phoenix in den Hauptrollen verfilmt. Über dreißig Jahre war er vergriffen – nun ist Theroux‘ Klassiker endlich wieder auf Deutsch erhältlich.

Sammlung der jüngsten Essays des großen amerikanischen Autors: In seinen Reiseessays teilt er mit uns unerwartete, absolut nicht googelbare Einblicke in Länder wie Ecuador oder Simbabwe. In Theroux‘ Schriften zur Literatur blicken wir auf ungekannte Seiten vermeintlich bekannter großer Köpfe wie Graham Greene, Joseph Conrad und Henry David Thoreau ganz neu kennen. Schillernde Porträts lassen uns mit Elizabeth Taylor in einem Helikopter Kurs auf Michael Jacksons Neverland Ranch nehmen, mit Oliver Sacks surfen oder einer Domina in Manhattan bei ihrer tagtäglichen Arbeit begegnen. „An Theroux‘ Werk muss sich alle Reiseliteratur messen.“ The Observer

Иностранная литература (2020, № 8)

Celebrated as the “Indiana Jones of American literature,” legendary author Paul Theroux has explored the world and shared his vision of it in more than 50 books of bestselling fiction and nonfiction. In Camp Echo, his new novella for Scribd Originals, Theroux delivers a compelling coming-of-age story about racism, masculinity, morality, and leadership. Inspired by his own experiences as a Boy Scout in the early 1950s, Theroux writes with precision and vivid detail, drawing from his days as a teen in the wilderness battling his own definition of what it meant to be a man. His is a tale both classic and decidedly of this moment, when prejudice and intolerance are again on the rise. Andy Parent is a well-mannered, intelligent, and conscientious teenage boy who goes to summer camp to learn what all Boy Scouts were sent to camp to learn in the 1950s: strong values and character. Upon his arrival at Camp Echo, the camp director tells Andy and his peers that this summer program is meant “to give America a new generation of men of character, with ingrained qualities that make for good citizenship.” Andy settles into his cabin with the other “P” boys: Paretsky, Pomroy, Pinto, Phelan, and Pagazzo. Between making lanyards, swimming, and learning to shoot, Andy learns just how little he knows of the world, and how hard it can be for anyone who seems “different” to fit in. As he witnesses bullying and bigotry—both from fellow campers and from the counselors tasked with teaching and protecting the boys—he is faced with the choice of whether to fall in line or remain true to himself. Nostalgic and nuanced, Camp Echo invites readers to explore the formative experiences that turn a child into an adult. It is a work that will touch anyone who remembers the challenges of adolescence and recognizes the personal and societal trauma wrought by casual prejudice and other cruelties. A morality tale punctuated by the colorful humor and put-downs of adolescent boys, it challenges us to choose when to laugh and when to squirm. As with all great fiction, it is a timeless story, one that speaks as much to the times we’re living in as it does to the time in which it is set.