{"product_id":"the-art-of-travel-9780241970065","title":"The Art of Travel","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alain de Botton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Travel\u003c\/i\u003e is Alain de Botton's travel guide with a difference.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew activities seem to promise us as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on \u003ci\u003ewhere\u003c\/i\u003e to travel to, we seldom ask \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith the help of a selection of writers, artists and thinkers - including Flaubert, Edward Hopper, Wordsworth and Van Gogh - Alain de Botton's bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Travel\u003c\/i\u003e provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe perfect antidote to those guides that tell us what to do when we get there, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Travel\u003c\/i\u003e tries to explain why we really went in the first place - and helpfully suggests how we might be happier on our journeys.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Richly evocative, sharp and funny. De Botton proves himself to be a very fine travel writer indeed' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Delightful, profound, entertaining, I doubt if de Botton has written a dull sentence in his life' Jan Morris\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'An elegant and subtle work, unlike any other. Beguiling' Colin Thubron, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45086757814423,"sku":"9780241970065","price":585.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780241970065.webp?v=1769202382","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-travel-9780241970065","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}