Long, deliberately demanding railway journeys are the organising idea behind Monisha Rajesh's travel books. Around India in 80 Trains follows a route across the Indian rail network, moving through sleeper cars, stations, cities and conversations with fellow passengers while reflecting on distance, class and the practical realities of travel. Around the World in 80 Trains expands the idea across multiple countries, using rail as both transport and a way of slowing down enough to observe landscapes and social encounters. Rajesh's prose is lively, curious and self-aware, balancing mishaps with cultural observation rather than presenting travel as effortless escape. Useful discovery categories include railway travel, travel memoir and slow travel, especially for readers interested in the journey itself as much as the places reached. Read more Less
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