{"product_id":"9780811222341","title":"Voyage Around My Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lively and utterly singular travelogue of the intricate curiosities that are directly within one’s own reach\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1790, while serving in the Piedmontese army, the French aristocrat Xavier de Maistre (1763–1852) was punished for dueling and placed under house arrest for forty-two days. The result was a discursive, mischievous memoir \u003cem\u003eVoyage Around My Room\u003c\/em\u003e, and its sequel, \u003cem\u003eNocturnal Expedition Around My Room\u003c\/em\u003e. Admired by Nietzsche and Machado de Assis, Ossian and Susan Sontag, this classic book proves that sitting on the living-room sofa can be as fascinating as crossing the Alps or paddling up the Amazon. \u003cp\u003eIn addition to the \u003cem\u003eVoyage\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eExpedition\u003c\/em\u003e, this edition also includes the dialogue “The Leper of the City of Aosta,” a preface by Xavier’s better-known older brother (the royalist philosopher Joseph de Maistre), and an introduction by Richard Howard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128335515888,"sku":"9780811222341","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780811222341_p0.jpg?v=1763729501","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780811222341","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}