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Title: The Best American Travel Writing 2003 (Best American Travel Writing, 2003) by Ian Frazier, Rebecca Barry, Lawrence Millman ISBN: 0-618-39074-X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Tedious
Comment: This book is filled largely with the type of article you'd read part of while waiting in the doctor's office, and never lament not being able to finish it (or even recall you had started it). Though there are certainly a few gems, I found so many of the stories boring, meandering, droll. The couple that are meant to be humorous are altogether unfunny. And almost NONE of them is actually about travel.
Skip this book. If you want a collection of stories resplendent with what it is that calles to a traveller's soul, try Wanderlust from the editors of Salon.com.
Rating: 5
Summary: Broaden your horizons...
Comment: This is one of the best books I've read in years. Every night I would randomly open to a different story and be transported.
I think the title is a bit misleading, though. This is not full of tourist stories. They are just very well-written articles that happen to take place in a land foreign to the author. For instance, a Jewish woman's journey to the Ukraine to uncover the story of relatives that were killed by the Nazi's. Not all the stories are quite so serious, in fact there is one by Jack Handey (Saturday Night Live writer) about a men's camping trip that was absolutely hysterical.
For anyone who values great writing and well-told story, you will definitely appreciate this book and the others in the series.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not Travel -- Social Activism!
Comment: I get the "Best American" series to stay current with what some of our best writers are saying, but this year's editor has led me down the garden path.
At least 50% of the articles dwell on environmental or social causes. Yes, I suppose the writers had to travel somewhere to get their data, but their essays are not about travel; rather, they are about causes.
I will hope that, for 2004, the series publishers get a handle on things and place social essays in the "Best American Essays..." collection and reserve the Travel volume for just that.
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Title: The Best American Essays 2003 by Robert Atwan, Anne Fadiman ISBN: 0618341617 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 10 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Best American Short Stories 2003 by Katrina Kenison, Walter Mosley ISBN: 0618197338 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 10 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003 by Richard Dawkins, Tim Folger ISBN: 0618178929 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 10 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Best American Travel Writing 2002 by Jason Wilson, Frances Mayes ISBN: 0618118802 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Best American Sports Writing 2003 by Glenn Stout, Buzz Bissinger ISBN: 0618251324 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 10 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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