Bibliograph

The best American travel writing, edited, and with an introduction by Paul Theroux ; Jason Wilson, series editor, 2014

Type

Label

The best American travel writing, edited, and with an introduction by Paul Theroux ; Jason Wilson, series editor, 2014

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The best American travel writing

Responsibility statement

edited, and with an introduction by Paul Theroux ; Jason Wilson, series editor

Series statement

The best American series,, 1530-1516

Summary

Presents an anthology of the best travel writing published in 2014, selected from magazines, newspapers, and web sites

Table Of Contents

--Poisoned land /--Elif Batuman ----Amigos /--Julie Cookie ----Life during wartime /--Janine Di Giovanni ----American the marvelous /--A.A. Gill ----Christmas in Thessaloniki /--Arnon Grunberg ----Fifty shades of greyhounds /--Harrison Scott Key ----Au train de vie: that voice you hear when traveling /--Peter LaSalle ----460 days /--Amanda Lindhout with Sara Corbett ----Clear-eyed in Calcutta /--Andrew McCarthy ----This must be the place /--Michael Paterniti ----Love in the time of coca /--Stephanie Pearson ----Birthplace of the American vacation /--Tony Perrottet ----Excuse us while we kiss the sky /--Matthew Power ----Dream acres /--Steven Rinella ----Now we are five /--David Sedaris ----My New York: a romance in eight parts /--Peter Selgin ----Sun king /--Bob Shacochis ----The last of Eden /--Alex Shoumatoff ----Maximum Bombay /--Gary Shteyngart ----A moving experience /--Thomas Swick ----Born on the 9th of July /--Peter Symmes ----In the abode of the gods /--Jeffrey Tayler ----Loving Las Vegas /--Colson Whitehead ----Open water /--Sean Wilsey

Target audience

adult

Classification