{"product_id":"tramp-or-the-art-of-living-a-wild-and-poetic-life-paperback","title":"Tramp: Or the Art of Living a Wild and Poetic Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTomas Espedal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lyrical travelogue charting Tomas Espedal's journeys to and ruminations around the world, from his native Norway to Istanbul and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Why travel?\" asks Tomas Espedal in \u003ci\u003eTramp\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Why not just stay at home, in your room, in your house, in the place you like better than any other, your own place. The familiar house, the requisite rooms in which we have gathered the things we need, a good bed, a desk, a whole pile of books. The windows giving on to the sea and the garden with its apple trees and holly hedge, a beautiful garden, growing wild.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first step in any trip or journey is always a footstep--the brave or curious act of putting one foot in front of the other and stepping out of the house onto the sidewalk below. Here, Espedal contemplates what this ambulatory mode of travel has meant for great artists and thinkers, including Rousseau, Kant, Hazlitt, Thoreau, Rimbaud, Whitman, Giacometti, and Robert Louis Stevenson. In the process, he confronts his own inability to write from a fixed abode and his refusal to banish the temptation to become permanently itinerant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lyrical and rebellious, immediate and sensuous, \u003ci\u003eTramp \u003c\/i\u003econveys Espedal's own need to explore on foot--in places as diverse as Wales and Turkey--and offers us the excitement and adventure of being a companion on his fascinating and intriguing travels.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTomas Espedal\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several novels and prose collections, including \u003ci\u003eBergeners\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Art\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Year\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Seagull Books. \u003cb\u003eJames Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e's literary translations from Norwegian include several books by Tomas Espedal and Thorvald Steen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 322\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.87 x 4.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766673965344,"sku":"9781803090306","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/48566eed87a2ddda5a27e593fe47cea6.webp?v=1780296605","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tramp-or-the-art-of-living-a-wild-and-poetic-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}