Pilgrimage: Tales from the Open Road - Hardcover

Pfister, Patrick

9780897334198: Pilgrimage: Tales from the Open Road

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0897334191 ISBN 13: 9780897334198

Publisher: Academy Chicago Pub, 1995

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1995, Academy Chicago, Hardcover, ISBN: 9780897334198, Book Condition: New, 013026 1C

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About the Author:

Patrick Pfister was born in Detroit and lives in San Francisco and Barcelona. He travels the world, writing essays about his experiences.

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Spurred by restlessness, the young American Pfister traveled close to the ground in such places as Germany, Morocco, the Himalayas and his home country, compiling some well-told if disconnected anecdotes. In Malaysia, he fights an epic battle of "face" with a hotel proprietor; hitchhiking through the Mojave desert, he's picked up by a madly proud Marine; lounging in a Costa Brava village, he's embroiled in a world of expat Brits. Occasionally, Pfister's travels lead to insights, as when he observes of a cafe tableau that "If Greece is anything it is theater" or belatedly recognizes, after negotiating a stream of hustlers in Morocco, that his final guide was a genuine friend. But Pfister tells us too little about himself (Who is he?) and the cumulative meaning of his journeys to elevate this book to a memorable traveler's tale.
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