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Better than fiction : true travel tales from great fiction writers
Title:
Better than fiction : true travel tales from great fiction writers
Author:
George, Donald W.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Melbourne ; Oakland, CA : Lonely Planet Publications, 2012.
Physical Description:
320 pages ; 20 cm
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.
Language:
English
Contents:
Going south / Kind of blue / Huaxi Watermill / Shooting Pompeii / Mountain mine / 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 / Fairbanks Shakespeare Camp / When things make no sense / Way to Hav / A tango with Freud / Getting travel dirt under your fingernails / A small world after all / Thieves of Rome / Arriving in Luxembourg / Mumbai : before the monsoon / An Alpine escape / Who wants a girl? / Into unknown climes / Nuestro pueblo
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ISBN:
9781742205946
Format :
Book