Lonely Planet Better than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers (Lonely Planet Travel Literature) - Softcover

McCall Smith, Alexander; Allende, Isabel; Amsterdam, Steven; Andersen, Kurt; Birch, Carol; Block, Stefan Merrill; Carson, Tom; Courtenay, Bryce; Cunningham, Sophie; Dapin, Mark; Davies, Peter Ho; Finch, Charles; Gemmell, Nikki; George, Don; Hall, Steven; Hulme, Keri; Hyland, M J; Iyer, Pico; Joinson, Suzanne; Jones, Lloyd; Kelman, Stephen; Lewycka, Marina; Matthiessen, Peter; Mayes, Frances; Morris, Jan; Oates, Joyce Carol; Obreht, Tea; Parssinen, Keija; Pavone, Chris; Pierre, DBC; Whitely, Aliya; Yogerst, Joe; Zable, Arnold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1787012662 ISBN 13: 9781787012660

Publisher: Lonely Planet, 2017

Synopsis

"...a brilliant collection of travel stories...threaded with great warmth, as readers are invited to travel in the company of these famous authors and experience their passions and revelations." BOOKSELLER + PUBLISHER

We asked some of the world's most acclaimed fiction authors, including Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Tea Obreht and DBC Pierre, to describe their greatest non-fictional journeys. The 32 stories collected in Lonely Planet's Better than Fiction touch on everything from disorientation and revelation to disillusion and redemption.

However, these real-life tales all share one common characteristic: a passion for the precious gift that travel confers, from its unexpected but inevitably enriching lessons about other peoples and places, to the truths it reveals about ourselves. By turns funny, poignant and thought-provoking, you'll be transported from Azerbaijan to Vietnam, via Iceland, India, Samoa, Scotland, Antarctica, Alaska, Argentina, Nicaragua, Rome, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and beyond.

Edited by travel writer Don George.

Also available:
Lonely Planet Better than Fiction 2

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Review:

Perceptive Travel, September 2013

A fine anthology, with numerous fiction writers from Australia and New Zealand joining their colleagues from the UK and the US.

Alaskan Apple Users Group Blog, February 7, 2013

"Better Than Fiction" is a fun collection of travel tales, that I enjoyed reading a few at a time, each joyously took me away from the daily world into a far away place with a few laughs along the way.

A Traveler s Library, January 18, 2013

The best of the essays are very personal experiences with meticulous description of place.

Gadling, January 7, 2013

For anyone who considers themselves a voracious consumer of travel writing, "Better Than Fiction" will make for a refreshing and illuminating read. . . . Great travel storytelling, like the work showcased in "Better Than Fiction", reminds us that ultimately discovering the truth about the places we visit involves more than just restating the facts.

Midwest Book Review, January 2013

Isabel Allende, Joyce Carol Oates, and more provide warm and lovely stories from an account of an adventure off the beaten path in Malawai to visiting San Quentin Prison and chasing missionaries in far-away regions of Asia. The result is a powerful survey highly recommended for any literary travel collection.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1787012662
• ISBN 13: 9781787012660
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288