Nicolas Bouvier
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Nicolas Bouvier was a 20th-century Swiss traveller, writer, picture editor and photographer. He studied in Geneva in the 1950s and lived there later between his travels.
Nicolas Bouvier
The grave in 2024.
L'Usage du monde
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L'Usage du monde is a travel literature book written by the Swiss writer Nicolas Bouvier illustrated by Thierry Vernet and first self-published in 1963 − a decade after the event − at the Librairie Dr
Nicolas Bouvier
…of Manon Lescaut and Moll Flanders. His travels all over the world incited him to recount his experiences and adventures, the most famous works being L'Usage du monde and Le Poisson-scorpion. His work is marked by a commitment to report what he sees and feels, shorn of any pretence of omniscience, leading often to…
A Fiat 500 "Topolino" identical to the one used by Nicolas Bouvier and Thierry Vernet during their journey in 1953–1954, photo shot in 2009.