The best American travel writing 2014
By: edited and with an introduction by Paul Theroux ; Jason Wilson, series editor
Series: The best American series; Best American series
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780544330153
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Travelers' writings, American
Description: Presents an anthology of the best travel writing published in 2014, selected from magazines, newspapers, and web sites.
Notes: "A Mariner original."
Table of contents: title: Poisoned land  -- Elif Batuman; title: Amigos  -- Julie Cookie; title: Life during wartime  -- Janine Di Giovanni; title: American the marvelous  -- A.A. Gill; title: Christmas in Thessaloniki  -- Arnon Grunberg; title: Fifty shades of greyhounds  -- Harrison Scott Key; title: Au train de vie: that voice you hear when traveling  -- Peter LaSalle; title: 460 days  -- Amanda Lindhout with Sara Corbett; title: Clear-eyed in Calcutta  -- Andrew McCarthy; title: This must be the place  -- Michael Paterniti; title: Love in the time of coca  -- Stephanie Pearson; title: Birthplace of the American vacation  -- Tony Perrottet; title: Excuse us while we kiss the sky  -- Matthew Power; title: Dream acres  -- Steven Rinella; title: Now we are five  -- David Sedaris; title: My New York: a romance in eight parts  -- Peter Selgin; title: Sun king  -- Bob Shacochis; title: The last of Eden  -- Alex Shoumatoff; title: Maximum Bombay  -- Gary Shteyngart; title: A moving experience  -- Thomas Swick; title: Born on the 9th of July  -- Peter Symmes; title: In the abode of the gods  -- Jeffrey Tayler; title: Loving Las Vegas  -- Colson Whitehead; title: Open water -- Sean Wilsey.