Title:
The best American travel writing. 2014
JLCTITLE245:
2014 / edited and with an introduction by Paul Theroux.
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 308 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9780544330153
Series:
General Note:
"A Mariner original."
Abstract:
Presents an anthology of the best travel writing published in 2014, selected from magazines, newspapers, and web sites.
Added Author:
Contents:
Poisoned land / Elif Batuman -- Amigos / Julie Cookie -- Life during wartime / Janine Di Giovanni -- American the marvelous / A.A. Gill -- Christmas in Thessaloniki / Arnon Grunberg -- Fifty shades of greyhounds / Harrison Scott Key -- Au train de vie: that voice you hear when traveling / Peter LaSalle -- 460 days / Amanda Lindhout with Sara Corbett -- Clear-eyed in Calcutta / Andrew McCarthy -- This must be the place / Michael Paterniti -- Love in the time of coca / Stephanie Pearson -- Birthplace of the American vacation / Tony Perrottet -- Excuse us while we kiss the sky / Matthew Power -- Dream acres / Steven Rinella -- Now we are five / David Sedaris -- My New York: a romance in eight parts / Peter Selgin -- Sun king / Bob Shacochis -- The last of Eden / Alex Shoumatoff -- Maximum Bombay / Gary Shteyngart -- A moving experience / Thomas Swick -- Born on the 9th of July / Peter Symmes -- In the abode of the gods / Jeffrey Tayler -- Loving Las Vegas / Colson Whitehead -- Open water / Sean Wilsey.