The Writer's Journey invites you to follow in the footsteps of some of the worldâ s most famous authors on the travels that inspired their greatest works.
The Writer's Journey invites you to follow in the footsteps of some of the worldâ s most famous authors on the travels that inspired their greatest works.
Described as 'one of the country's finest pop culture historians', Travis Elborough is an acclaimed author and social commentator who lives in London. His work delves into the ephemera of retro culture as well as the history of London, geography, and a broad range of other subjects. His Atlas of Vanishing Places won the Illustrated Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards in 2020, and he has also written The Bus We Loved, a passionate love letter to the Routemaster bus which defined London transport for more than 50 years. His other works include A Traveller’s Year, A London Year, The Long-Player Goodbye, Being A Writer and A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People’s Institution. Travis is a regular contributor to Radio 4 and the Guardian, and has penned articles on all aspects of travel and culture, from pirates in the Caribbean to donkeys at the British seaside. He has written for the Times, Sunday Times, New Statesman, BBC History Magazine and Kinfolk among others, and is a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster, where he teaches creative writing.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Hans Christian Andersen Becomes a Novelist in Italy Maya Angelou Loses Her Heart to Ghana W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood Go to War Jane Austen Gets a Whiff of Sea Air (and Seaweed) in Worthing James Baldwin Falls for Paris in the Fall Basho Takes the Narrow Road to the Deep North Charles Baudelaire Fails to Make It to India Elizabeth Bishop Is Bowled Over by Brazil Heinrich Böll Is Enchanted by the Emerald Isle Lewis Carroll Finds Another Wonderland in Russia Agatha Christie Boards the Orient Express Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens Are Far from Idle in Cumbria Joseph Conrad Sees True Horror in the Congo Isak Dinesen in and out of Africa Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Discovers the Perfect Place to Bury Sherlock Holmes F. Scott Fitzgerald Bathes in the Light on the French Riviera Gustave Flaubert Indulges Himself in the Orient Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Gets Lost in Italy Graham Greene Learns to Love Life Again in Liberia Hermann Hesse Goes East in Search of Enlightenment Patricia Highsmith Spots a Likely Character in Positano Jamaica and Haiti Cast a Spell on Zora Neale Hurston Jack Kerouac Goes on the Road for the First Time Jack London Pans for Gold in the Klondike Federico García Lorca Takes a Bite of the Big Apple Katherine Mansfield Mines Her Time at a German Spa for Stories Herman Melville Sees the Watery Parts of the World Alexandr Pushkin Convalesces in the Caucasus and the Crimea J.K. Rowling Gets a Train of Thought on the Line from Manchester to London Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Crashes into the Headlines Sam Selvon Sails to England Bram Stoker Stakes Out Dracula in Whitby Sylvia Townsend Warner Finds Poetry in the Essex Marshes Mary Wollstonecraft Soothes a Broken Heart in Scandinavia It's All Greek to Virginia Woolf Selected Bibliography Index Picture Credits
Introduction Hans Christian Andersen Becomes a Novelist in Italy Maya Angelou Loses Her Heart to Ghana W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood Go to War Jane Austen Gets a Whiff of Sea Air (and Seaweed) in Worthing James Baldwin Falls for Paris in the Fall Basho Takes the Narrow Road to the Deep North Charles Baudelaire Fails to Make It to India Elizabeth Bishop Is Bowled Over by Brazil Heinrich Böll Is Enchanted by the Emerald Isle Lewis Carroll Finds Another Wonderland in Russia Agatha Christie Boards the Orient Express Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens Are Far from Idle in Cumbria Joseph Conrad Sees True Horror in the Congo Isak Dinesen in and out of Africa Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Discovers the Perfect Place to Bury Sherlock Holmes F. Scott Fitzgerald Bathes in the Light on the French Riviera Gustave Flaubert Indulges Himself in the Orient Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Gets Lost in Italy Graham Greene Learns to Love Life Again in Liberia Hermann Hesse Goes East in Search of Enlightenment Patricia Highsmith Spots a Likely Character in Positano Jamaica and Haiti Cast a Spell on Zora Neale Hurston Jack Kerouac Goes on the Road for the First Time Jack London Pans for Gold in the Klondike Federico García Lorca Takes a Bite of the Big Apple Katherine Mansfield Mines Her Time at a German Spa for Stories Herman Melville Sees the Watery Parts of the World Alexandr Pushkin Convalesces in the Caucasus and the Crimea J.K. Rowling Gets a Train of Thought on the Line from Manchester to London Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Crashes into the Headlines Sam Selvon Sails to England Bram Stoker Stakes Out Dracula in Whitby Sylvia Townsend Warner Finds Poetry in the Essex Marshes Mary Wollstonecraft Soothes a Broken Heart in Scandinavia It's All Greek to Virginia Woolf Selected Bibliography Index Picture Credits
Rezensionen
'This is a must read for lovers of literature, especially those with a lust for travel. But the book is much more than this in that it opens windows allowing the reader to view travel with fresh horizons. As Christie said, quoted in The Writer's Journey, "Not until you travel alone do you realize how much the outside world will protect and befriend you." The Writer's Journey can be your friend.' Travel Begins at 40
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