a blog about travel literature
What’s wrong with Bono, and why do I think you should use this book to smash bugs?
Gregor Sieböck is a young idealist from Austria who walks around the world to promote environmentalism. He sets out in Austria in 2003 and makes his way to the southern tip of Portugal. (Throw in a Camino there.) Then he does…
Was this guy an evil proto-colonialist, or was he rather a sort of likeable dreamer?
This might very well be one of the most interesting books I have ever read. In August 1492, Christopher Columbus sets sail in Spain, aiming at…
If this is a great classic in Portuguese literature, why is it such a slow read?
This book was a big success in Europe during the 17th and 18th century. It was published a few decades after Fernão Mendes Pinto’s death and describes the quixotic ways…