Correspondence between Thierry Vernet and Those Close to Him. A Counterpoint to The Way of the World

Produced between June and October 1953, correspondence between Thierry Vernet and those close to him is an obvious counterpoint to Nicolas Bouvier’s The Way of the World. While providing a backdrop to Bouvier’s travel narrative, this large correspondence sheds light on the journey of the two friends and offers another perspective. This analysis tackles the complex editorial status of this textual material, straddling both the epistolary genre and travel narrative, and highlights the significant divergences between the texts of Vernier and Bouvier, much like the strangeness of their friendship.