The Art of Travel Condition:Very Good By capture

By capture

an old man discovers new worlds without ever setting foot outside his home

Frank's mother

and she remains a regular contributor today

But there are secrets in Elantris

The Art of Travel Condition:Very Good By captureAny Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow. Even as de Botton takes the reader along on his own peregrinations, he also cites such