Bøker av Nicolas Bouvier

Dette er historia om en 17 måneders biltur fra Sveits til Afghanistan, foretatt i en gammel Fiat av to unge mennesker på 50-tallet. Bouvier forteller om møter med forskjellige mennesker og beskriver også møter med land som har vært preget av alvorlige konflikter.

The narrator arrives in his 117th rented room at the end of an epic journey, abandoned by his lover, almost broke and certainly feverish. His obsession with the insects he shares the room with and his beautifully articulated observations of himself on the edge of a physical and mental collapse extend out to include the insect-like habitues of the local cafe - the charlatans, the indolent landowners and even a levitating priest who has been dead for six years. This razor-sharp chronicle of experience, which grew out of Bouvier's seven-month stay on the island of Ceylon, shows that if you travel, you must be prepared to discover not only delights but also the worst as well.

Nicolas Bouvier was an image merchant and photographer as well as a writer. This book is accompanied by several of his images of Japan. It is a distillation of his lifelong quest for Japan and his travels.