Xavier de Maistre

Coragem, leitor, partamos! Publicada em 1794, esta narrativa de Xavier de Maistre nos convida a abraçar o ócio e percorrer mundos sem sair do lugar. Lá fora, se desenrolam guerras revolucionárias, ao mesmo tempo que as ruas se agitam em um Carnaval. Do lado de dentro, de Maistre contempla o imobilismo dos móveis, mas abre uma janela para a imensidão.

"What do you do when you find yourself imprisoned in your room for 6 weeks? Xavier de Maistre, a 27-year-old Frenchman found himself in this uneasy situation when he was arrested in Turin after a duel, in the Spring of 1790. But with only a butler and a dog for company, Xavier de Maistre managed to fill his time by embarking on a journey around his bedroom, later writing an account of what he had seen. Whether venturing from his bed to his sofa, or even to his mirror, he wears his “traveling outfit”—his favorite pink and blue pajamas. Out of his forced reclusion comes a captivating fantasy—a novel take on travel literature that would inspire many later writers, including Marcel Proust. This edition also contains de Maistre’s A Nocturnal Expedition around My Room. Xavier de Maistre was a military man, who supplemented his army career with short works of fiction."--Publisher description.

Finding himself locked in his room for six weeks, a young officer uses his imagination to travel around his room, using the various objects it contains as inspiration for a delightful parody of contemporary travel writing and exercise in Sternean picaresque, and humorously demonstrating what one can explore without having to travel to exotic locations.