Reisen mit mir und einem Anderen

Travel requires perseverance, and it gets worse with each passing day. Do you remember the old days when hotels were built and completed before you arrived? Do you recall believing confidently that everything would go well, rather than thinking it would be a miracle if nothing went wrong? Martha Gellhorn was addicted to travel her entire life. In "Traveling with Me and Another," she recounts her "Five Hellish Journeys," trips that—often planned as explorations driven by her own curiosity—quickly turn into terrifying experiences. As soon as she persuades an unwilling companion to travel with her to China, where UB (the unwilling companion, Gellhorn's code for her then-husband Ernest Hemingway) has no desire to go, this trip reveals itself to be the ultimate nightmare journey. But what can you do? That's Martha's credo.