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The Best American Travel Writing 2008 (2008)

by Anthony Bourdain(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0618858644 (ISBN13: 9780618858644)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Mariner Books

review 1: Most of the travel writing I read is by touring cyclists, Outside magazine contributors, or Bill Bryson. I'm used to humor and movement - active traveling. This collection of essays interprets "Travel Writing" more broadly - as Americans writing about anywhere else - which was fine once I adjusted to the idea. I didn't care for the style of many of these pieces, but there's a nice range and I always learned something interesting, from the histories of chocolate and falconry to the deranged policies of dictators in Tonga and Turkmenistan. 3.5 stars.
review 2: I had mixed feelings about this book. Some of the stories were good, but not what I think of as travel writing. They're more like journalism stories from foreign places. When I think of travel writing, I... more think of stories that a person such as myself might experience on a trip, whereas a lot of these stories are about reporters doing their jobs overseas. Also, being edited by Anthony Bourdain it seems a lot of the stories are about food more than about travel. So I'll give this one an overall meh. less

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