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Title: Traveling Light
Subtitle: A Year of Wandering, from California to England and Tuscany and Back Again
Author: Bill Barich
Narrator: Stephen Graybill
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-24-15
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences
Publisher's Summary:
Here is a travel audiobook with a difference: 10 chronological chapters from a year of wandering, from the Pacific Northwest to Tuscany and back again to the trout-laden streams of California. Join Bill Barich as he travels the globe, from the trout streams of Northern California to the auction ring at Saratoga, where millions of dollars may be gaveled away for a yearling thoroughbred; from seedy London pubs to a run-down Florentine palazzo during a glorious Italian spring. Learn the science of English beer brewing, the art of fly tying, how to generate hydroelectric power, the proper analysis of the Daily Racing Form, and the best way to eat artichokes.
Freshness, wit, and Barich's distinctive voice create a luminous travelogue crackling with an inimitable curiosity and an elegance of style that marks every step of this remarkable journey.
Members Reviews:
More than Travel
Bill definitely likes gaming on horse races, but his redeeming quality is he likes to fly fish. Not really a how-to bet or fly fish book, although there are some overtones. More of a philosophical approach with light hearted stories.
Good Read, but Not Fulfilling
If not for the subtitle, I would likely have never read this book. On the other hand, if I had read it, I would have likely given it 5 stars. Confused? So am I.
The subtitle reads "A Year of Wandering, from California to England and Tuscany and Back Again." Although not noted in the subtitle, the author's year also included a journey to Oregon. I was raised in California, lived for many years in Washington and Oregon, have now returned to California close to where the author trod, and have enjoyed stays in both England and Tuscany. The subtitle spoke to me. I wanted to know what the author had learned while experiencing many of the places that I knew.
Instead, what I read was a series of snapshots. Lovely pictures of the places he had visited, pictures that reminded me of the reasons I loved the same places. I particularly recommend the chapters on the London pub and the Florence racetrack. But there was no sense of discovery, no sense of lessons learned in the author's wandering.
Perhaps the error was mine. Perhaps I read something into the subtitle that neither the author nor publisher meant. But I can't give 5 stars to a book that failed to meet my primary expectation for it.
he's got that right
*THIS REVIEW IS FOR 'A FINE PLACE TO DAYDREAM'A Fine Place to Daydream: Racehorses, Romance, and the Irish
ever since reading barrich's 'laughing in the hills' a few decades ago, i have considered barrich one of the finest articulators of the race track experience. in this latest book, with the chapter titled 'revenge at golden gate' he continues to express the essence of a horse player's experience at the track with wit and insight.
Glad I gave it a second chance
I couldn't get into the first essay, so put the book aside for a while. I tried again, wasn't really into that particular story at any point, but kept on going with the book. Surprise - the rest of them were fairly interesting!
