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8 dic 2006 · I read The Happy Isles of Oceania after digesting an excoriating review, and caving in to curiosity. An epic voyage, an epic book; I found it impossible to put down. Theroux travelled in the usual way; but in and around the 52 islands he visited, he negotiated reefs, beaches, rocks and lagoons by collapsible kayak.
- Paul Theroux
Lead: THE HAPPY ISLES OF OCEANIA Paddling the Pacific. By Paul Theroux. 528 pp. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. $24.95. Text: WHEN a marriage falls apart, a man will often turn to drink, sex, therapy or his work in order to blunt the pain of separation and his sense of failure and guilt. When Paul Theroux and his wife separated, he decided to ...
24 giu 2020 · The happy isles of Oceania : paddling the Pacific Bookreader Item Preview ... Paul, Travel, Oceania -- Description and travel, Oceania, Polynesia Publisher
8 dic 2006 · Beginning in New Zealand's rain forests and ultimately coming to shore thousands of miles away in Hawaii, Theroux paddles alone over isolated atolls, through dirty harbors and shark-filled waters, and along treacherous coastlines. Along the way, Theroux meets the king of Tonga, encounters street gangs in Auckland, and investigates a cargo cult ...
The happy isles of Oceania : paddling the Pacific by Theroux, Paul. Publication date 1992 Topics Theroux, Paul -- Travel -- Polynesia, Oceania -- Description and travel
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific. Paperback – 3 Jun. 1993. Paul Theroux invites us to join him on one of his most exotic and tantalizing adventures exploring the coasts and blue lagoons of the Pacific Islands, and taking up residence to discover the secrets of these isles. Theroux is a mesmerizing narrator – brilliant, witty ...
- Paul Theroux
The Happy Isles of Oceania. : Paul Theroux. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006 - Travel - 528 pages. The author of The Great Railway Bazaar explores the South Pacific by kayak: “This exhilarating epic ranks with [his] best travel books” (Publishers Weekly). In one of his most exotic and adventuresome journeys, travel writer Paul Theroux ...
