Better than Fiction 2: True adventures from 30 great fiction writers by Lonely Planet
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A whole slew of fiction writers are asked by Lonely Planet to write a chapter telling of a travel experience they would like to share: Scary, funny, embarrassing, eye-opening, puzzling, etc. The locations are a wide variety around the world.
As you can imagine, people who write fiction for a living can write a pretty well-defined and fascinating travel tale. The descriptions of the people, locations, foods, etc. are amazing. The authors are simply travelers like ourselves, experiencing new locations or beloved locations. However, they have the advantage over us as they have the advanced language to truly bring the travel experience to life.
I have not read the first version of Better than Fiction, but I certainly will now. This is a wonderful book - highly recommended for those who love to travel and/or love to read about out of the way places and travel experiences. I loved it.
Recommended for purchase by my library system.
advance copy received from Edelweiss/Above the Treeline
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