In 1973, Paul Theroux (www.paultheroux.com/) set out from London to travel Asia by train, and then wrote about  his journey through Asia and in 1975, published a book bsed on his writings called The Great Railway Bazaar, which basically triggered a seachange in travel writing, making it more personal, more commercialized and more kitschy. Meaning that from then on, […]

Posted on September 24th, 2008 by Thomas
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