The Lonely Planet Travel Anthology

This is the first of Lonely Planet's annual anthologies of travel writing, celebrating true tales by great writers from all over the world.

Writers range from big names - in 2016 that includes Richard Ford, Cheryl Strayed and TC Boyle - to up-and-coming authors and extraordinary pieces by non-fiction specialists.

The mix of 30 globe-trotting stories is extraordinary, from hilarious anecdotes to hardhitting accounts from the edges of the world, but what they all have in common is the ability to entertain and illuminate. Edited by Lonely Planet's long-term collaborator, Don George.

About the author

Don George hat über siebzig Länder bereist. Er arbeitet als Reiseredakteur bei Lonely Planet, der Bibel für Globetrotter in der ganzen Welt, und hat mehrere Anthologien zusammengestellt. Don George verantwortet die preisgekrönte Internet-Kolumne "Traveller at Large" aufwww.lonelyplanet.com. Er lebt mit seiner Familie in San Francisco.

Pico Iyer, Sohn indischer Eltern, wurde in England geboren. Er wuchs in Kalifornien auf, bis er zum Studium nach Großbritannien zurückkehrte. Inzwischen lebt Pico Iyer, wenn er nicht gerade auf Reisen ist, in Japan. Er bezeichnet sich selbst als "global village on two legs". Neben zahlreichen Essays hat er mehrere Bücher über seine Reisen und das Reisen als Lebensform geschrieben.

Summary

A collection of great travel writing by authors from across the globe, including original stories set in Scotland, Thailand, Malaysia, Moldova, Tanzania, Austria and beyond. Authors in this anthology include TC Boyle, Pico Iyer, Francine Prose, Alexander McCall Smith, Torre DeRoche, Anthony Sattin, Rebecca Dinerstein and Elizabeth George.

Report

"With these swashbuckling short-form travel essays from literary powerhouses like Ann Patchett, Alexander McCall Smith, and Pico Iyer, you'll be inspired with the take on the world. It's just outside the door." Yahoo 20161101

Product details

• Authors: TC Boyle, Torre DeRoche, DeRoche Torre, Karen Joy Fowler, Fowler Karen Joy, Pico Iyer, Iyer Pico, Lonely Planet, Alexander McCall Smith, McCall Smith Alexander, Ann Patchett, Patchett Ann, Lonely Planet, Francine Prose, Alexander McCall Smith
• Assisted by: Do George (Editor), Don George (Editor)
• Publisher: Lonely Planet English
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781786571960
• ISBN: 978-1-78657-196-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Journeys; Lonely Planet Travel Literature; Lonely Planet Travel Literature; Journeys
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Travel writing, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), travel writing; travel literature; anthology