Better than fiction : true travel tales from great fiction writers /
Better than fiction : true travel tales from great fiction writers /
edited by Don George.
- 1st ed.
- Melbourne ; Oakland, CA : Lonely Planet, 2012.
- 320 p. ; 20 cm.
Going south / Kind of blue / Huaxi Watermill / Shooting Pompeii / The mountain mine / The tin can / Among Saudi sands / Quetzal / Off the beaten track in Malawi / Adrift in the Solomon Islands / Confessions of a coconut-soup eater / Sudan : the Scarface Express / Chasing missionaries / In bear trap canyon / A tohunga with a promise to keep / Death trip / A visit to San Quentin / On my way home / You, me and the sea / The Fairbanks Shakespeare Camp / When things make no sense / The way to Hav / A tango with Freud / Getting travel dirt under your fingernails / A small world after all / The thieves of Rome / Arriving in Luxembourg / Mumbai : before the monsoon / An Alpine escape / Who wants a girl? / Into unknown climes / Nuestro pueblo / Kurt Andersen -- Sophie Cunningham -- Arnold Zable -- DBC Pierre -- Carol Birch -- Tom Carson -- Keija Parssinen -- Frances Mayes -- Marina Lewycka -- Mark Dapin -- Steven Amsterdam -- Joe Yogerst -- Suzanne Joinson -- Peter Mathiessen -- Keri Hulme -- Peter Ho Davies -- Joyce Carol Oates -- Lloyd Jones -- Steven Hall -- Stefan Merrill Block -- Pico Iyer -- Jan Morris -- Alexander McCall Smith -- Bryce Courtney -- Charles Finch -- M.J. Hyland -- Chris Pavone -- Stephen Kelman -- Aliya Whitely -- Isabel Allende -- Nikki Gemmell -- Tea Obreht.
"A collection of original travel stories told by some of the world's best novelists, including Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Téa Obreht, DBC Pierre"--P. [4] of cover.
1742205941 9781742205946
Authors--Travel--Anecdotes.
Travel--Anecdotes.
Travelers' writings.
Voyages and travels.
Going south / Kind of blue / Huaxi Watermill / Shooting Pompeii / The mountain mine / The tin can / Among Saudi sands / Quetzal / Off the beaten track in Malawi / Adrift in the Solomon Islands / Confessions of a coconut-soup eater / Sudan : the Scarface Express / Chasing missionaries / In bear trap canyon / A tohunga with a promise to keep / Death trip / A visit to San Quentin / On my way home / You, me and the sea / The Fairbanks Shakespeare Camp / When things make no sense / The way to Hav / A tango with Freud / Getting travel dirt under your fingernails / A small world after all / The thieves of Rome / Arriving in Luxembourg / Mumbai : before the monsoon / An Alpine escape / Who wants a girl? / Into unknown climes / Nuestro pueblo / Kurt Andersen -- Sophie Cunningham -- Arnold Zable -- DBC Pierre -- Carol Birch -- Tom Carson -- Keija Parssinen -- Frances Mayes -- Marina Lewycka -- Mark Dapin -- Steven Amsterdam -- Joe Yogerst -- Suzanne Joinson -- Peter Mathiessen -- Keri Hulme -- Peter Ho Davies -- Joyce Carol Oates -- Lloyd Jones -- Steven Hall -- Stefan Merrill Block -- Pico Iyer -- Jan Morris -- Alexander McCall Smith -- Bryce Courtney -- Charles Finch -- M.J. Hyland -- Chris Pavone -- Stephen Kelman -- Aliya Whitely -- Isabel Allende -- Nikki Gemmell -- Tea Obreht.
"A collection of original travel stories told by some of the world's best novelists, including Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Téa Obreht, DBC Pierre"--P. [4] of cover.
1742205941 9781742205946
Authors--Travel--Anecdotes.
Travel--Anecdotes.
Travelers' writings.
Voyages and travels.