Off the Rails: A Train Trip Through Life (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781592408726)

In this witty and entertaining collection of travel tales, an acclaimed journalist explores his obsession with trains--and what his rail journeys have taught him about culture and identity.

"I've gone around the world in installments. Every trip has been a revelation. I've watched regions, nations, and continents change moods and I've met more people on trains than in forty years of airplane flights. Every train trip has been a spectacle. Trains are stages, caf駸, bazaars. The only talk show that will never go off the air..."

Beppe Severgnini has spent his life traveling the world, and not just because he's a journalist; he's a passionate, unflagging train buff. Off the Rails recounts some of his favorite trips across Europe, Australia, Asia, and the United States, each journey bringing readers not only to a different place but to a different time, from his honeymoon on the Trans-Siberian Express (in a four-person compartment!), to a winding journey from Russia to Turkey during the last summer of communism, to a recent coast-to-coast trip with his son from Washington, D.C., to Washington State.

Off the Rails is the perfect getaway for anyone with a touch of wanderlust, who dreams of escape or just likes to laugh. Filled with memorable characters and perceptive observations, it demonstrates--hilariously--what unites us.

With the world in chaos and life in perpetual fast-forward, it's always the right time to hop on board with Beppe Severgnini and meet your charming, hapless, quarrelsome, romantic, shifty, quirky, endearing neighbors.

Author: Beppe Severgnini
ISBN-10: 1592408729
ISBN-13: 9781592408726
Publisher: Berkley Books
Language: English
Published: 02/12/2019
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/12/2018
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2018
Booklist 12/15/2018 pg. 81