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What do you do when your world ends? At 28 years old, Krista Schlyer sold almost everything she owned and packed the rest of it in a station wagon bound for the American wild. Her two best friends joined her - one a grumpy, grieving introvert, the other a feisty dog - and together they sought out every national park, historic site, forest, and wilderness they could get to before their money ran out or their minds gave in.

In David Lipsky's view, David Foster Wallace was the best young writer in America. Wallace's pieces for Harper's magazine in the '90s were, according to Lipsky, like hearing for the first time the brain voice of everybody I knew: Here was how we all talked, experienced, thought. It was like smelling the damp in the air, seeing the first flash from a storm a mile away. You knew something gigantic was coming.

Road Trip is a collection of autobiographical essays that honor the places, people, and other living creatures that have given shape and meaning to one man's life. Framed by essays about the life and death of loved ones, the book explores the importance of family, friendship, and what it means to care for another human being. Above all, Road Trip is about transformations that happen in ways we may not always understand or welcome - it's about travelling down unknown and unexpected roads with good humor, generosity, and a spirit of adventure.

Mit 38 Jahren trifft Timm Kruse bei einem Festival auf einen indischen Guru und lauscht gebannt seinen Worten. Die Begegnung verändert etwas in ihm - von heute auf morgen lässt er seine Familie und sein altes Leben hinter sich und begibt sich auf die Suche nach Erleuchtung. Ehe er sich versieht, lebt er im Ashram des Gurus in Indien, geht als sein Chauffeur mit ihm auf Weltreise durch Kanada, die USA und Europa...