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Title:

Better than fiction : true travel tales from great fiction writers / edited by Don George.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Lonely Planet,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

320 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Voyages and travels.
Travel--Anecdotes.
Travelers' writings.
Authors--Travel--Anecdotes.

Other Authors:

George, Donald W.

Contents:

Nuestro pueblo / Tea Obreht. Kind of blue / Sophie Cunningham -- Huaxi Watermill / Arnold Zable -- Shooting Pompeii / DBC Pierre -- The mountain mine / Carol Birch -- The tin can / Tom Carson -- Among Saudi sands / Keija Parssinen -- Quetzal / Frances Mayes -- Off the beaten track in Malawi / Marina Lewycka -- Adrift in the Solomon Islands / Mark Dapin -- Confessions of a coconut-soup eater / Steven Amsterdam -- Sudan : the Scarface Express / Joe Yogerst -- Chasing missionaries / Suzanne Joinson -- In bear trap canyon / Peter Mathiessen -- A tohunga with a promise to keep / Keri Hulme -- Death trip / Peter Ho Davies -- A visit to San Quentin / Joyce Carol Oates -- On my way home / Lloyd Jones -- You, me and the sea / Steven Hall -- The Fairbanks Shakespeare Camp / Stefan Merrill Block -- When things make no sense / Pico Iyer -- The way to Hav / Jan Morris -- A tango with Freud / Alexander McCall Smith -- Getting travel dirt under your fingernails / Bryce Courtney -- A small world after all / Charles Finch -- The thieves of Rome / M.J. Hyland -- Arriving in Luxembourg / Chris Pavone -- Mumbai : before the monsoon / Stephen Kelman -- An Alpine escape / Aliya Whitely -- Who wants a girl? / Isabel Allende -- Into unknown climes / Nikki Gemmell -- Nuestro pueblo / Tea Obreht.

Summary:

"A collection of original travel stories told by some of the world's best novelists, including Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Téa Obreht, DBC Pierre"--P. [4] of cover.

ISBN:

1742205941
9781742205946

OCLC:

(OCoLC)788242107

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

VMPC334 -- West Union Community Library (West Union)