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Better than fiction : true travel tales from great fiction writers

George, Donald W. (Added Author).

Summary: "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: print
320 pages ; 20 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Melbourne ; Oakland, Calif. : 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.