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| Name: |
Paul Theroux | | Birth Date: |
April 10, 1941 | | Place of Birth: |
Medford, Massachusetts, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
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 Biography of Paul Theroux
1,081 words, approx. 4 pages
 Paul Theroux (born 1941) was an expatriate American writer of numerous works of fiction and of the chronicles of his own travels by train throughout the world. He was a keen observer of the relationships between people and their environments. Paul... summary from source:
Biography of Paul Theroux
8,443 words, approx. 28 pages
 Paul Theroux's novels, short stories, essays, and travel books, in which he often explores the expatriate experience and the postcolonial world of developing countries, have established his reputation as a prodigious and cosmopolitan man of letters.... summary from source:
 Biography of Paul (Edward) Theroux
6,263 words, approx. 21 pages
Paul Theroux has achieved international fame and literary accolades for his travel writings, novels, short stories, poetry, and critical essays. Just as his literary interests shape his travel writings, so do his global travel experiences inform his...
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 Paul Theroux Quotes
674 words, approx. 2 pages
Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10 , 1941 ) is an American travel writer and novelist. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 The Great Railway Bazaar (1975) 1.2 The Old Patagonian Express (1979) 1.3 Fresh Air Fiend (2000) 2 External links // Sourced Fiction gives us...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Paul Theroux Information
1,499 words, approx. 5 pages
Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best known work is The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), a travelogue about a trip he made by train from Great Britain through Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle...
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 AP-Travel Online China Opens High-Altitude Train to Tibet
7/24/2006: 1,219 words, approx. 4 pages Chugging past shaggy yaks and fluffy clouds that look low enough to lasso, the train from Beijing to Lhasa makes its final climb into nosebleed territory pulled by three locomotives instead of the usual one....
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Review by John Cussen
4,429 words, approx. 15 pages
In the following review of Fresh Air Fiend, Cussen examines Theroux's attitudes toward aging, his commentaries on other noted travel writers, and his problematic postcolonial views.
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Critical Essay by Edward T. Wheeler
3,394 words, approx. 11 pages
In the following essay, Wheeler provides an overview of Theroux's travel writing and fiction, drawing attention to recurring themes and preoccupations that link his work in both genres, including his use of fictional doubles.
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Critical Review by Brooke Allen
2,206 words, approx. 7 pages
In the following negative excerpt, Allen expresses contempt for what she sees as the hostility, jealousy, and hypocrisy in Sir Vidia's Shadow.
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