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First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
"A curated collection of the New York Times' travel column, "Footsteps," exploring classic authors' relationships to landmarks and cities around the world. Before The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway roamed the streets of Madrid, eager for the heady scent of blood emanating from the nearby bullrings. Before spunky, red-headed Anne Shirley stole readers' hearts in Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery was captivated by the sunset sky of Prince Edward Island. And before readers were terrified by a tentacled dragon-man called Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft was enthralled by the Industrial Trust tower-- the 26-story skyscraper that makes up the skyline of Providence, Rhode Island. Based on the popular New York Times travel column, Footsteps is an anthology of literary pilgrimages, exploring the geographic muses behind some of history's greatest writers. From the "dangerous, dirty and seductive" streets of Naples, the setting for Elena Ferrante's famous Neapolitan novels, to the "stone arches, creaky oaken doors, and riverside paths" of Oxford, the backdrop for Alice's adventures in Wonderland, Footsteps takes a fresh approach to literary tourism, appealing to readers and travel enthusiasts alike"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Mark Twain’s Hawaii / Lawrence Downes -- Climbing a peak that stirred Kerouac / Ethan Todras-Whitehill -- A house built to feed body and soul / Michelle Green -- San Francisco noir / Dan Saltzstein -- On the trail of Nabokov in the American West / Landon Y. Jones -- In search of Flannery O'Connor / Lawrence Downes -- Walking the streets of Roth's memory / David Carr -- The land and words of Mary Oliver, the bard of Provincetown / Mary Duenwald -- Finding the spirit of H.P. Lovecraft in Providence / Noel Rubinton -- Rachel Carson's "rugged shore" in Maine / Frank M. Meola -- In Ireland, chasing the wandering soul of Yeats / Russell Shorto -- Poetry made me do it : my trip to Hebrides / Jeff Gordinier -- Where Dracula was born, and it's not Transylvania / Ann Mah -- Finding Alice"s "Wonderland" in Oxford / Charlie Lovett -- On England's coast, Thomas Hardy made his world / David Shaftel -- Blood, sand, sherry : Hemingway's Madrid / David Farley -- James Baldwin' Paris / Ellery Washington -- Edith Wharton always had Paris / Elaine Sciolino -- Amid the menace of war, Sanary-sur-Mer was a refuge under the sun / Antonia Feuchtwanger -- On the French Riviera, Fitzgerald found his place in the sun / Nina Burleigh -- Lake Geneva as Shelley and Byron knew it / Tony Perrottet -- Looking for Isherwood's Berlin / Rachel B. Doyle -- On the trail of Hansel and Gretel in Germany / David G. Allan -- Trumping the unbearable darkness of history / Nicholas Kulish -- The Roman seasons of Tennessee Williams / Charly Wilder -- Elena Ferrante's Naples, then and now / Ann Mah -- Alice Munro's Vancouver / David Laskin -- Searching for Anne of Green Gables on Prince Edward Island / Ann Mah -- Jamaica Kincaid' Antigua / Monica Drake -- Beneath Martinique's beauty, guided by a poet / Sylvie Bigar -- A remote Columbia city that really does exist / Nicholas Gill -- In Chile, where Pablo Neruda lived and loved / Joyce Maynard -- Borges's Buenos Aires : a city populated by a native son's imagination / Larry Rohter -- Where Rimbaud found peace in Ethiopia / Rachel B. Doyle -- In St. Petersburg, a poet of the past serves as a tour guide for the present / David Laskin -- Orhan Pamuk's Istanbul / Joshua Hammer -- In Sri Lanka, an island of detachment and desire / Michelle Green -- In Vietnam,forbidden love and literature / Matt Gross. |
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Travelers' writings.
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Travel writing.
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Authors -- Travel.
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TRAVEL -- Essays & Travelogues.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- General.
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| Genre/Form |
Travel writing.
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| ISBN |
9780804189842 (paperback) |
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0804189846 (paperback) |
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