Travels with Myself and Another
Book description
Out of a lifetime of travelling, Martha Gellhorn has selected her "best horror journeys". She bumps through rain-sodden, war-torn China to meet Chiang Kai-Shek, floats listlessly in search of u-boats in the wartime Caribbean and visits a dissident writer in the Soviet Union against her better judgement. Written with the…
Why read it?
1 author picked Travels with Myself and Another as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is, in my opinion, the best travelouge ever. She has been my hero since I read her For Richer or Poorer and saw what she said about my fellow countrymen: ''They were stronger in their defencelessness than the various khaki-clad people who overrun them'. She got straight to the core of the matter. And how true about being overrun: happening, again, right now, early 2021.
Her Travels with Myself and Another is my favorite among her works. It is full of powerful insight and absolutely great writing whatever she was describing, be it meeting Chiang Kai-shek (she was…
From Ma's list on a combination of personalities, travel, and food.
Want books like Travels with Myself and Another?
Our community of 10,000+ authors has personally recommended 95 books like Travels with Myself and Another.
Browse books like Travels with Myself and Another
5 book lists we think you will like!
Interested in Martha Gellhorn, journalists, and Ernest Hemingway?
10,000+ authors have recommended their favorite books and what they love about them. Browse their picks for the best books about Martha Gellhorn, journalists, and Ernest Hemingway.