Better than fiction : true travel tales from great fiction writers / edited by Don George.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

George, Donald W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voyages and travels.

Travel--Anecdotes.

Travel.

Travelers' writings.

Authors--Travel--Anecdotes.

Authors.

Genre:

Travel literature.

Physical Description:

320 p. ; 20 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Melbourne ; Oakland, CA : Lonely Planet, 2012.

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.

Contents:

Going south / Kurt Andersen

Kind of blue / Sophie Cunningham

Huaxi Watermill / Arnold Zable

Shooting Pompeii / DBC Pierre

The mountain mine / Carol Birch

The 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

The Fairbanks Shakespeare Camp / Stefan Merrill Block

When things make no sense / Pico Iyer

The 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

The 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.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Scott fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781742205946

1742205941

OCLC:

788242107