Better than fiction : true travel tales from great fiction writers / edited by Don George.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781742205946
- ISBN: 1742205941
- Physical Description: 320 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Melbourne ; Lonely Planet, [2012]
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Going south / Kurt Andersen -- Kind of blue / Sophie Cunningham -- Huaxi Watermill / Arnold Zable -- Shooting Pompeii / DBC Pierre -- Mountain mine / Carol Birch -- Tin can / Tom Carson -- Among Saudi sands / Keija Parssinen -- Quetzal / Frances Mayes -- Off the beaten track in Malawi / Marina Lewycka -- Adrift in the Solomon Islands / Mark Dapin -- Confessions of a coconut-soup eater / Steven Amsterdam -- Sudan : the Scarface Express / Joe Yogerst -- Chasing missionaries / Suzanne Joinson -- In bear trap canyon / Peter Mathiessen -- A tohunga with a promise to keep / Keri Hulme -- Death trip / Peter Ho Davies -- A visit to San Quentin / Joyce Carol Oates -- On my way home / Lloyd Jones -- You, me and the sea / Steven Hall -- Fairbanks Shakespeare Camp / Stefan Merrill Block -- When things make no sense / Pico Iyer -- Way to Hav / Jan Morris -- A tango with Freud / Alexander McCall Smith -- Getting travel dirt under your fingernails / Bryce Courtney -- A small world after all / Charles Finch -- Thieves of Rome / M.J. Hyland -- Arriving in Luxembourg / Chris Pavone -- Mumbai : before the monsoon / Stephen Kelman -- An Alpine escape / Aliya Whitely -- Who wants a girl? / Isabel Allende -- Into unknown climes / Nikki Gemmell -- Nuestro pueblo / Tea Obreht. |
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Subject: | Voyages and travels. Travel > Anecdotes. Travelers' writings. Authors > Travel > Anecdotes. |
Genre: | Anecdotes. |
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Marion Library | 910 BET (Text) | 37810435121818 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |