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The peripatetic author of Riding the Iron Rooster, etc., etc., ventures with a collapsible kayak to the remote and scattered islands of the South Pacific. With a farewell to his marriage, and loneliness at his back, Theroux begins his extraordinary mission in New Zealand's Fiordland (``As long as there is wilderness there is hope''), moves on to Australia (a continent ``terrified by its own emptiness''), and then to Melanesia, Polynesia--Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Tahiti, New Guinea's Trobriands, etc.--and, finally, Hawaii. He paddles the sea, he says, in the wake of myth-makers Melville, Stevenson, Gauguin, Maugham, and the Frenchman Captain Bougainville, who, in 1768, believed he'd found not only the Garden of Eden but Venus when a ``barebreasted Tahitian girl'' climbed into his ship from a canoe. To keen-eyed Theroux, the Polynesian islands are ``pleasant and feckless'' but far from paradise. Even Gauguin's Marquesas are ``dramatic at a distance'' but ``close up--muddy and jungly and priest-ridden.'' Traditional islands are ``riddled with magic, superstition, myths, dangers, rivalries and its old routines.'' Always interesting are Theroux's encounters with archaeologists who have disproved Thor Heyerdahl's popularizing theories about Polynesia. Sifting through human and animal bones, they study a still-mysterious people who carved some 800 stone statues on Easter Island and who boasted navigational skills that sent them migrating during what was Europe's Dark Ages. A sense of being beyond the reach of civilization comes when, in his intrepid kayak, off Easter Island and between the rock-battering surf and the Pacific, Theroux removes his headphones, ``hears the immense roar of waves and the screaming wind,'' and is terrified. A vast and contemplative book, seeing the ``Pacific as a universe, and the islands like stars in all that space.'' Informative not only for the voyager, but also for those wanting a new perspective on the Western continents of home. (Sorely lacking a map.) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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The best-selling author of My Secret History ( LJ 4/1/89) and Riding the Iron Rooster ( LJ 6/15/88) spent 18 months in a one-man collapsible kayak exploring such exotic Pacific islands as New Zealand, Australia, the Soloman and Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, Easter Island, and Hawaii. Never a kind-hearted chronicler of place, he sets out on this voyage in an especially dour mood, leaving behind a failed marriage and expecting to be diagnosed with cancer at any moment. Soon after he escapes the crowded towns of Australia, however, he starts to lose some of his harsh edge and enjoy his travels, which ultimately heal him. A brilliant storyteller with an eye for the absurd, Theroux takes the reader to little-known places where time seems to have stood still and people lead simple lives totally unrelated to 20th-century America. Highly recommended for all libraries. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 2/1/92.
- Lisa J. Cochenet, Rhinelander Dist. Lib., Wis.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
- Lisa J. Cochenet, Rhinelander Dist. Lib., Wis.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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In regards to travel literature, I was always a big Bill Bryson fan (and still am) due to the light-heartedness, familiarity, and humour. When I first picked up a Paul Theroux book I was obviously a bit biased; however, after finishing it (Riding the Iron Rooster), I knew this was deeper and in some ways darker. Here was a man that wrote with a passion for getting into the absolute heart of a country, continent, or region, and the journey... and with what ideas! How about boarding a subway in Boston to finish the trip (all on wheels and public transportation!) on the southern tip of South America (The Old Patagonian Express); or this jewel here - having been lecturing Down Under, Mr. Theroux finds out he is to be a divorced man, so what's the rush to go home? He buys a canoe and travels the whole Pacific up to Hawaii, paddling aound the islands. Just think of the names... The Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji... what pictures do these islands conjure up in your heads?
This is a need read for all fans of travel literature; and a sensational addendum is the novel "Hotel Honolulu" from Paul Theroux. Though fictional, it shows another side to Hawaii - one which I can confirm (as I worked there for 6 years in a very similar hotel with such people). I am sure if you are looking for travel writing that is more tell-it-like-it-is rather than let's-just-praise-everything-and-then-leave-for-the-comforts-of-home, this is your book, this is your man.
This is a need read for all fans of travel literature; and a sensational addendum is the novel "Hotel Honolulu" from Paul Theroux. Though fictional, it shows another side to Hawaii - one which I can confirm (as I worked there for 6 years in a very similar hotel with such people). I am sure if you are looking for travel writing that is more tell-it-like-it-is rather than let's-just-praise-everything-and-then-leave-for-the-comforts-of-home, this is your book, this is your man.
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I myself i'm very fond of Australia and New Zealand, it was very good to read how Mr.Theroux was seening these country's, i have been in most of the places ware he has traveled only i think i enjoyed them more, still a very good book
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This is one of his best -- typically irrascible Theroux who refuses to placate anyone. In this day and age of political correctness, it is refreshing to find an author unafraid to voice exactly what he feels. There are not twopeople on the face of the planet who have the same experiences in the same place. Theroux is entitled to his opinions as is anyone else -- he just happens to write about his experiences in the most amusing, erudite approach of any travel writer on the planet (who else could make a connection between formerly cannibalistic cultures and their preference for Spam).
For those who were offended with the references to ""Nipponization"" -- this is pointing to the negative effects of globalization upon traditional cultures. So in actuality, isn't this the exact opposite of xenophobia? As for the comments about Australians being a bunch of drunks -- well, can anybody actually say this is wrong?
This doesn't resonate with me like Riding the Iron Rosster did, but by the same token, Theroux seems somewhat happier paddling between the blue skies and waters of the South Pacific, than he ever did on a train.
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Ivy League ugly American goes troppo among the natives
I read a short story at college called 'Travel is so broadening' (author forgotten) which of course showed, with heavy irony, that it was nothing of the sort. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
Theroux has a poor impression of everything non-American
I read all 500 pages of Theroux's 'Happy Isles of Oceania,' and even though I enjoyed some parts of it, many chapters left me wondering about what the heck is going on in this... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
I read it twice
Theroux is a gifted writer, troubling because he is uncompromising and often comes across as a difficult person. He does not try to gloss over the flaws of his personality. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. November 1999 von Mark Salter
Only for people with a sense of humor...
People who love Paul Theroux's travel books read them and love them for the exact same reasons that many readers despise them. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Oktober 1999 von Anonymous
A travel novel about the author and not the destinations.
The title 'The Happy Isles of Oceania' can only be ironic. In this book of Theroux's travels around Australasia and the islands of the Pacific, happiness is one emotion that is... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Not much happiness here.
Mean spirited and critical, Theroux's account of his voyage around the pacific suggests he would have done better to stay at home. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Not one of Theroux's better books
Theroux is a great American Author. Unfortunantly this book does not reflect that.
Winston Churchill once said "A young conservative has a heart of Stone, an old liberla... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Interesting although laces with anti-Japanese sentiment
Not a bad read but I was disappointed by the author's tirades against the "Nipponization" of the Pacific. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Gloomiest travel writer award
I've read all of Theroux's non-fiction and love it, but it is certainly true that his books are colored by his moods, usually dark. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. April 1999 veröffentlicht
Not just a travelbook, a personal journey too
I read this book at a time when I was going through a difficult period in my life. I saw people in the same trivial light that Paul Theroux seemed to have done. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. März 1999 veröffentlicht
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