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Wanderlust: Real Life Tales of Adventure and Ro

Wanderlust: Real Life Tales of Adventure and Ro

by Don George (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

    $3.26
Synopsis

A collection of stories of travel and adventure by some of the most feted travel writers of our time.'We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves,' Pico Iyer writes in his introduction. 'We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again - to slow down time and get taken in, and fall in love once more.'WANDERLUST consists of provocative and inspiring essays by writers who have contributed to the award-winning 'Wanderlust' website - writers such as Simon Winchester, Isabel Allende, Jan Morris, Pico Iyer, Carlos Fuentes and Peter Mayle.This is an intelligent and captivating anthology.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 384
 Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 06 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 0333905024
ISBN 13: 9780333905029

Media Reviews
This collection of travel and adventure stories contains a host of respected authors - all of whom have contributed to the Wanderlust website. The quality of writing is very high. Here we have Simon Winchester with Romance in Romania, Isabel Allende On the Amazon, Jan Morris with The Meaning of Gdansk, Carlos Fuentes on How Zurich Invented the Modern World, Peter Mayle's The Dangers of Provence. Such variety set side by side complements and enriches each other by association. In all there are 43 (fairly short) essays, in effect adding up to a taster of modern travel writing, the whole book being much more than the sum of its parts. James Houston's riotous Where the Hula Goddess Lives is particularly entertaining, as is the more whimsical Tampax Nightmares by Susan Hack. Those who enjoy fine travel writing will like all of the work here, and even those who normally don't will find this an entertaining book to explore.
Author Bio
Don George is the founder and editor of the award-winning 'Wanderlust' which has been cited twice by Time magazine as the top site for travel writing online. The former travel editor of the San Francisco Examiner, George is an established figure in the travel world.