White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World
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From one of Britain's most original writers, 'White Sands' is a creative exploration of why we travel. Episodic, wide-ranging, funny and smart, the linked journeys recall the themes of Dyer's Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It - albeit with the wisdom of (middle) age. From a trip to the Lightning Field in New Mexico, to chasing Gauguin's ghost in French Polynesia, from falling for someone who may or may not be a tour guide in Beijing's Forbidden City, to tracking down the house of an intellectual hero in Los Angeles, Dyer pursues all permutations of the peak experience including the trough experience
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What is that we travel? Why do we travel? I feel no closer to an answer now. The question of a religious vs secular pilgrimage continues to interest me : grand art pilgrimages fill this book. But also as a new friend put it to me: What is home to you? What makes a place home? These are good questions to chew on.
