Journey Without Maps

Name: Journey Without Maps
Price: 11.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.8 (75 reviews)
Author: Greene, Graham

by Greene, Graham

Historical Fiction Memoir

3.8 (75)

3.8 stars from 75 reviews

288 pages~4.8 hr readPublished by Open Road Media

$11.9933% off peak

Last checked: Apr 14, 2026

Price history: $2.99 – $17.99

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Perfect for you if...

You're drawn to travel writing that's introspective as much as adventurous, where the author wrestles with what they find in themselves.
You appreciate writers who document unfamiliar places without the patronising lens of their own time, searching for something honest.
You want to understand Greene as a person: his restlessness, his moral complexity, his need to test himself against the unknown.

Maybe not for you if...

You're looking for a conventional adventure narrative with clear heroics and triumph over hardship.
You prefer contemporary travel writing with modern sensibilities and reflection on colonialism, rather than a 1930s perspective.
You want a brisk, entertaining read. This is dense, psychologically demanding, and often uncomfortable.

About this book

In 1935, Graham Greene traveled from Liverpool to West Africa by cargo ship, train, truck, and on foot. Accompanied by his cousin and several servants and bearers, he undertook a 350-mile trek through Liberia over four weeks, passing through largely unmapped territory and regions where few Europeans had been seen. Greene's journey took him through Sierra Leone and into Liberia's interior. For the author, the expedition functioned as both a physical exploration of unfamiliar lands and an inward journey of self-discovery. The Independent has called it "one of the best travel books [of the twentieth] century."

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Currently 3.8★ from 75 reviews

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