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In 1790, while serving in the Piedmontese army, the French aristocrat Xavier de Maistre (1763-1852) was sentenced to house arrest for forty-two days, for dueling. The result was a discursive, mischievous memoir, his classic Voyage Around My Room. De Maistre's literary output began with his Voyage (1794) and ended with its sequel, Nocturnal Expedition Around My Room (1825), In 1790, while serving in the Piedmontese army, the French aristocrat Xavier de Maistre (1763-1852) was sentenced to house arrest for forty-two days, for dueling. The result was a discursive, mischievous memoir, his classic Voyage Around My Room. De Maistre's literary output began with his Voyage (1794) and ended with its sequel, Nocturnal Expedition Around My Room (1825), with a few shorter pieces in between. In addition to the Voyage and Expedition, this Selected Works includes the compelling dialogue 'The Leper of the City of Aosta' (1811) and a 'Preface' by Xavier's better-known older brother, the reactionary Joseph de Maistre.
A digressive, funny, philosophical late-18th-century work told by a man confined to his room: though he interacts occasionally with his manservant and his dog, one could argue that the narrator’s Soul (an entity he refers to as ‘she’) and Animal natures are the biggest presences in the room. The debt to ’s is obvious, even without the narrator’s mention of Uncle Toby. Added on 1/24/17 after meeting with my friend for our little b A digressive, funny, philosophical late-18th-century work told by a man confined to his room: though he interacts occasionally with his manservant and his dog, one could argue that the narrator’s Soul (an entity he refers to as ‘she’) and Animal natures are the biggest presences in the room. The debt to ’s is obvious, even without the narrator’s mention of Uncle Toby. Added on 1/24/17 after meeting with my friend for our little book 'club' of two: She made the point that it's likely that Soul is female because all French nouns have a gender.
'Voyage Around My Room' is the perfect book to read when in bed with a cold. In another life, I would like to list my favorite books to read in bed while sick. This would be in the top ten for sure. The author, Xavier de Maistre, was busted for dueling and sentenced to house arrest for 42 days. What came out of that self-imprisonment is this book. It borders on a Georges Perec or Alain Robbe-Grillet type of fiction, but it was written in 1790. Xavier comments on the paintings and furniture in hi 'Voyage Around My Room' is the perfect book to read when in bed with a cold.
In another life, I would like to list my favorite books to read in bed while sick. This would be in the top ten for sure.
The author, Xavier de Maistre, was busted for dueling and sentenced to house arrest for 42 days. What came out of that self-imprisonment is this book. It borders on a Georges Perec or Alain Robbe-Grillet type of fiction, but it was written in 1790.
Xavier comments on the paintings and furniture in his room. In essence, time has stopped.
It can even be a critique of at then modern living. The sensibility behind this book is timeless. It's work from the past but seems very present. The author reflects on his life through his landscape, which is the room. I would recommend writers to read this book, in the same sense one can read Raymond Queneau's 'Exercises in Writing' or Joe Brainard's 'I Remember.' It reminds me that one is never truly shut off from the world when they have pen and paper. Not more than a moment ago I experienced paroxysms of fear: I could not recall the whereabouts of this book.
It's a pet theory of mine that no matter how much you read, you will only be able to truly know a handful of works in one lifetime. Voyage is such a work in my life.
For anyone with anchorite tendencies this is a magnum opus and will touch you to the quick. The narrative is anything but to the point - but that's the point! Without digression life is flavorless and, 'Why should the soul Not more than a moment ago I experienced paroxysms of fear: I could not recall the whereabouts of this book. It's a pet theory of mine that no matter how much you read, you will only be able to truly know a handful of works in one lifetime. Voyage is such a work in my life. For anyone with anchorite tendencies this is a magnum opus and will touch you to the quick.
The narrative is anything but to the point - but that's the point! Without digression life is flavorless and, 'Why should the soul refuse any of the delights scattered along the difficult path of life?'
Fans of Rabelais, Cervantes, Jonathan Swift, Laurence Sterne, and Thomas de Quincy will wonder how this enchanting book remains largely overlooked today. Like these elastic authors, de Maistre lacks no breadth of reason, passion, or humor even when discoursing on seemingly trivial matters. De Maistre is a minister of minutiae, and this is his manifesto. Necessary reading for all serious sedentary voyagers.
I was introduced to this book through reading de Botton's Art of travel, de Botton has also written the foreword so it links well. This is such a random book I was astonished to find it in a normal bookshop, but I did, and the rest is history. The reason why this book is so good is due to the importance of the central idea, this idea is self evident from the title. To stretch out a narrative journey from his bed to the window and the view outside is quite an achievement, especially as this journe I was introduced to this book through reading de Botton's Art of travel, de Botton has also written the foreword so it links well. This is such a random book I was astonished to find it in a normal bookshop, but I did, and the rest is history.
The reason why this book is so good is due to the importance of the central idea, this idea is self evident from the title. To stretch out a narrative journey from his bed to the window and the view outside is quite an achievement, especially as this journey is entertaining and interesting in equal measure. This proves the most important aspect of travel literature, it doesn't matter where you go, it's what you do, how you do it and what you learn from it.
If you apply the spirit of adventure to a trip to the supermarket it can be more important than a round the world trip. My only problem with the book were elements of context, it was written quite some time ago so I found some of the references unfamiliar. If you enjoy this book try to get hold of some of the other Hesperus Classics they specialize in publishing overlooked gems.
Share. Amazon Prices 0. Description Accompanied in this volume by its equally superb sequel, Nocturnal Expedition around My Room, in which a similar voyage is made at night several years later, Journey around My Room is a masterly and innovative piece of writing, which was immensely popular in its time and would later influence Victor Hugo and Marcel Proust, among others. Finding himself locked in his room for six weeks, a young officer uses his imagination to travel around his room, using the various objects it contains as inspiration for a delightful parody of contemporary travel-writing and exercise in Sternean picaresque, and humorously demonstrating what one can explore without having to travel to exotic locations.
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15.92 18.27 2. 18.27 Refurbished Prices. Description At the end of the 18th century, France and Germany developed a passion for harp music. The instrument became commonplace in concerts, drawing rooms and was a featured instrument in many masterpieces. Queen Marie-Antoinette regularly played the pianoforte and the harp, and the instrument became a symbol of the last two decades of the French court. On this release, conductor William Christie and harpist Xavier de Maistre have crafted a program of the most evocative works of this golden age of the harp.
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18.39 Refurbished Prices. Description Voyage Around My Room A lively and utterly singular travelogue of the intricate curiosities that are directly within one’s own reach In 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 Voyage Around My Room, and its sequel, Nocturnal Expedition Around My Room. 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.
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Description Used Book in Good Condition Finding himself locked in his room for six weeks, a young officer journeys around his room in his imagination, using the various objects it contains as inspiration for a delightful parody of contemporary travel-writing and an exercise in Sternean picaresque, and humorously demonstrating what one can explore without having to set off to exotic locations. Accompanied in this volume by its equally superb sequel, A Nocturnal Expedition around My Room, in which a similar voyage is made at night several years later, A Journey around My Room is a masterly and innovative piece of writing, which was immensely popular in its time and would later influence Victor Hugo and Marcel Proust, among others. Share.
Amazon Prices 0. Description A Journey Round My Room is a parody set in the tradition of the grand travel narrative. It is an autobiographical account of how a young official, imprisoned in his room for six weeks, looks at the furniture, engravings, etc., as if they were scenes from a voyage in a strange land. De Maistre praises this voyage because it does not cost anything, for this reason it is strongly recommended to the poor, the infirm, and the lazy. His room is a long square, and the perimeter is thirty-six paces.
'When I travel through my room,' he writes, 'I rarely follow a straight line: I go from the table towards a picture hanging in a corner; from there, I set out obliquely towards the door; but even though, when I begin, it really is my intention to go there, if I happen to meet my armchair en route, I don’t think twice about it, and settle down in it without further ado.' Later, proceeding North, he encounters his bed, and in this way he lightheartedly continues his 'Voyage'. This work is remarkable for its play with the reader's imagination, along the lines of Laurence Sterne, whom Xavier admired.A Nocturnal Expedition Round My Room is a sequel to A Journey Round My Room.The digital edition includes an active table of contents. Chapitre Inedit D'Histoire Litteraire Et Bibliographique: Xavier de Maistre (Classic Reprint) Book. Author: Xavier De Maistre. Editorial: Forgotten Books.