Pauline de Rothschild, The Irrational Journey
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Rothschild, Pauline de. The Irrational Journey. First English Edition. 1967. Book is in very good condition; dust jacket is in good plus condition. As with nearly all copies of this title, the dust jacket has not worn well. There is fraying to the spine and the front cover and minor foxing to the back cover.
How fortunate Pauline de Rothschild thought to make a travel diary of the three-month expedition she and her husband took through Soviet Russia during the Khrushchev era. The book’s title derives from the time of year in which the Rothschilds traveled—the dead of winter, uncomfortable in many locales, but in Russia, dramatically so. Thirty years after her death, Rothschild’s influence on style and design continues to reverberate. This, her only literary effort, offers a glimpse beyond her public image, revealing a literate and sensitive inner self (maybe even Proustian).
“Every traveler feels larger than life. In some countries this makes the visitor seem in the way. Not here, not in Russia.”
--Pauline de Rothschild
How fortunate Pauline de Rothschild thought to make a travel diary of the three-month expedition she and her husband took through Soviet Russia during the Khrushchev era. The book’s title derives from the time of year in which the Rothschilds traveled—the dead of winter, uncomfortable in many locales, but in Russia, dramatically so. Thirty years after her death, Rothschild’s influence on style and design continues to reverberate. This, her only literary effort, offers a glimpse beyond her public image, revealing a literate and sensitive inner self (maybe even Proustian).
“Every traveler feels larger than life. In some countries this makes the visitor seem in the way. Not here, not in Russia.”
--Pauline de Rothschild
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