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The Way of the World: Two men in a car from Geneva to the Khyber Pass

The Way of the World: Two men in a car from Geneva to the Khyber Pass

Bouvier, Nicolas

Paperback

Travel GeneralTravel Writing

ISBN10: 0907871534
ISBN13: 9780907871538
Publisher: Eland Publishing
Published: Mar 10 2026
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.73 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

The Way of the World is the beguiling tale of an impecunious and life-enhancing journey from Geneva to the Khyber Pass in the '50s. When Nicolas Bouvier and the artist Thierry Vernet set out, they had money for four months and a sturdy Fiat Topolino. They broke their journey when money ran low, to teach and sell paintings and articles in Istanbul, Tabriz and eventually in Quetta. Gravitating towards the poorer neighbourhoods, they spent intoxicating nights listening to gypsy musicians, trading poetry with Iranian tramps and entertaining their fellow drinkers with songs and an accordian. Long a cult book in France and Switzerland, The Way of the World is also a journey towards the self. 'You think you are making a trip, ' writes Bouvier, 'but soon it is making you - or unmaking you.'

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