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The New Granta Book of Travel
Liz Jobey
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Description for The New Granta Book of Travel
Paperback. Take a journey in the company of some of the world's finest authors in The New Granta Book of Travel, introduced by Jonathan Raban. Editor(s): Jobey, Liz. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
Granta has long been known for the quality of its travel writing. The 1980s were the culmination of a golden age, when writers including Paul Theroux and Bruce Chatwin, James Hamilton-Paterson and James Fenton set out to document life in largely unfamiliar territory, bringing back tales of the beautiful, the extraordinary and the unexpected. By the mid 1990s, travel writing seemed to change, as a younger generation of writers that appeared in the magazine made journeys for more complex and often personal reasons. Decca Aitkenhead reported on sex tourism in Thailand, and Wendell Steavenson moved to Iraq as foreign correspondent. ... Read more
Granta has long been known for the quality of its travel writing. The 1980s were the culmination of a golden age, when writers including Paul Theroux and Bruce Chatwin, James Hamilton-Paterson and James Fenton set out to document life in largely unfamiliar territory, bringing back tales of the beautiful, the extraordinary and the unexpected. By the mid 1990s, travel writing seemed to change, as a younger generation of writers that appeared in the magazine made journeys for more complex and often personal reasons. Decca Aitkenhead reported on sex tourism in Thailand, and Wendell Steavenson moved to Iraq as foreign correspondent. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
318g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847083302
SKU
V9781847083302
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99-96
About Liz Jobey
JONATHAN RABAN'S writing has won many prizes including the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Heinemann Award, and the Thomas Cook Award. He is the author, most recently, of Driving Home: An American Scrapbook (2010). He lives in Seattle. LIZ JOBEY was the Deputy Editor of Granta 1998-2002 and before that was Editor of the Independent ... Read more
Reviews for The New Granta Book of Travel
Jonathan Raban's introduction is an overture, weaving themes while underscoring the common elements in many of the collection's 23 pieces ... The New Granta Book of Travel a lethal companion to take to the bedside. You'd never sleep - Scotsman This inspiring anthology celebrates the genre's literary aspirations, as well as reminding us of the myriad ways in ... Read more