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Carregando... The Path to Rome (original: 1902; edição: 2011)de Hilaire Belloc (Autor)
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. A wonderful record of Belloc's journey to Rome - at once literally and figuratively. He carries almost nothing - no money or spare clothes - and sleeps mostly under hedges. Determined to follow the straight line he drew on a map he has to cross mountains across the grain and is often caught in bad weather. ( ) In juni van 1901 vertrekt Hilaire Belloc vanuit Toul (bij Nancy) op bedevaart naar Rome. Vooraf zweert hij de dure eed de hele reis te voet te volbrengen, alleen in de buitenlucht te overnachten, minstens 30 mijl per dag af te leggen en iedere ochtend naar de mis te gaan. In de loop van zijn tocht breekt hij al deze beloftes, komt zonder geld en eten te zitten, wordt opgesloten in een Italiaanse gevangenis en laat bijna het leven tijdens een sneeuwstorm in de Alpen. Belloc beschrijft dit alles met humor en echte interesse, deels in de vorm van een dialoog tussen hemzelf en een gefingeerde lezer, die hem meermaals knorrig tot de orde roept, wanneer hij zich verliest in poëtische of filosofische beschouwingen: een oude truc, die hier wonderwel tot zijn recht komt. Een reisboek dus, maar voor ons lezers aan het begin van de eenentwintigste eeuw, niet alleen een reis in afstand maar ook in de tijd. Belloc’s evocatie van een voor altijd verloren wereld –het Europa van voor de Eerste Wereldoorlog- is zo suggestief en hartverwarmend, en zijn levenslust en schrijfplezier zo aanstekelijk, dat ik er een lieve duit voor zou geven om mijn wandelschoenen aan te trekken en met hem mee op pad te kunnen gaan door die lange, mooie zomer van het jaar 1901. 2284 The Path to Rome, by H. Belloc (read 7 Apr 1990) This 1902 book tells of the walk Belloc made from Lorraine to Rome. He cheated a little because twice he rode a train for some miles, and once he rode in an oxcart. I did not like this book much, since it just tells what he saw and felt and not much else. He did have an exciting time in the Alps, and drank lots of wine, and the book has some novelty. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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Hilaire Belloc's best work — according to the author, as well as most critics — The Path to Rome is less concerned with Rome itself than with a pilgrim's journey to the Eternal City. A spirited Catholic apologist, Belloc traveled on foot from Toul (near Nancy), France, and crossed the Alps and the Apennines in order to, in his words, "see all Europe which the Christian Faith has saved." Afterward, he turned his pen from his usual polemics to literature, and related in finely crafted prose his myriad experiences with the people he met along the way, as well as his reflections on tradition, politics, landscape, and much else. Throughout, the work abounds in Belloc's inimitable wit and good humor, and displays his profound love for the land, his faith, and his fellow man. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)828.91203Literature English & Old English literatures English miscellaneous writings English miscellaneous writings 1900- English miscellaneous writings 1900-1999 English miscellaneous writings 1900-1945 Diaries,journals, notebooks, reminiscencesClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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