{"product_id":"voyage-around-my-room-paperback-4","title":"Voyage Around My Room - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eXavier De Maistre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephen Sartarelli\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRichard Howard\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1790, while serving in the Piedmontese army, the French aristocrat Xavier de Maistre (1763-1852) was punished for dueling and placed under house arrest for forty-two days. The result was a discursive, mischievous memoir \u003cem\u003eVoyage Around My Room\u003c\/em\u003e, and its sequel, \u003cem\u003eNocturnal Expedition Around My Room\u003c\/em\u003e. Admired by Nietzsche and Machado de Assis, Ossian and Susan Sontag, this classic book proves that sitting on the living-room sofa can be as fascinating as crossing the Alps or paddling up the Amazon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the \u003cem\u003eVoyage\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eExpedition\u003c\/em\u003e, this edition also includes the dialogue \"The Leper of the City of Aosta,\" a preface by Xavier's better-known older brother (the royalist philosopher Joseph de Maistre), and an introduction by Richard Howard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47459733111005,"sku":"9780811222105","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Uk1sanpDVXI5emdFMG5DUTRLd0lCdz09_a4e2eaca-5b49-481a-8fa6-ac4fb4098b6c.webp?v=1771622288","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/voyage-around-my-room-paperback-4","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}