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Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales From Great Fiction Writers (2012)

by Don George(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1742205941 (ISBN13: 9781742205946)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Lonely Planet

review 1: Very enjoyable read filled with escapism. It was great to share unique travel experiences through the eyes of aunthors and it has defintiely introduced me to some new writers. The downside was that sme locations were a bit repetitive and there was a huge focus on unusual locations, middle aged crises in India, journeys of white privilege etc and short trips too. I don't think good travel writing necessarily needs ot begin in the weirdest most obscure locations. Having siad that I loved the piece about the Antarctic.
review 2: As with any anthology of short stories, some authors were better than others.While I loved some of these travel tales, others were less impressive and could have been easily skipped through.It made sense to listen to this as an audio bo... moreok, as travel tales are traditionally meant to be told. However on occasion the narrators let me down with their hokey accents that were supposed to reflect the nationality of the author - but if you actually know the author's voice or a true Australian accent it just distracts from the story.This collection would have been great if each of the authors could have "told" their story on the audio CD. less

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