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Best of Travel: Paul Theroux on the necessary obstacles of meaningful journeys

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“All writing is trying to destroy a stereotype, and the individual that you’re writing about — the figure in the landscape — is actually the ideal.” —Paul Theroux Paul Theroux‘s highly acclaimed novels include Blinding Light, My Other Life, and The Mosquito Coast. His 1975 book The Great Railway Bazaar is credited with revitalizing the genre of literary travel writing, and…

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Paul Theroux on the merits of travel and the paradoxes of the global economy

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Paul Theroux on his novel “The Bad Angel Brothers,” and the contradictions of the global economy.

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Paul Theroux on reading, teaching, and slow travel in Mexico [encore]

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Paul Theroux on aging, slow travel, and the inherent complexity of Mexico

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Paul Theroux on the necessary obstacles of immersive slow travel [encore]

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“Mosquito Coast” author Paul Theroux on slow travel and the art of listening [encore]

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Paul Theroux on aging, slow travel, and the inherent complexity of Mexico

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Travel joys, border politics, and the limits of magical realism

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Paul Theroux on the art of listening, and the necessary obstacles of deep travel

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Deep travel, packing light, and the art of listening.