{"product_id":"voyage-around-my-room","title":"Voyage Around My Room","description":"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":48833681719501,"sku":"9780811222105","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_7c9c063f-5d10-43b2-91e9-f40215782e0c.jpg?v=1790892793","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/voyage-around-my-room","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}