The Best American Travel Writing 2009 - Softcover

Winchester, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618858660 ISBN 13: 9780618858668

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2009

Synopsis

Acclaimed writer Simon Winchester brings his keen literary eye to this year's volume of the finest travel writing from the past year. "Full of insights, humor, the exotic and distant, and the ordinary and near" (Library Journal) this collection finds  "a perfect mix of exotic locale and elegant prose" (Publishers Weekly).

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Best American Series
first, best, and best-selling

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected—and most popular—of its kind.

The Best American Travel Writing 2009 includes André Aciman, Roger Cohen, Lynne Cox, Bronwen Dickey, Kiran Desai, Chuck Klosterman, Tony Perrottet, Seth Stevenson, Patrick Symmes, Calvin Trillin, and others

Simon Winchester, editor, a British nonfiction writer living in New York, is the author, most recently, of The Man Who Loved China. He is currently working on a biography of the Atlantic Ocean.

Look for the other best-selling titles in the Best American series:

The Best American Comics
The Best American Essays
The Best American Mystery Stories
The Best American Nonrequired Reading
The Best American Science and Nature Writing
The Best American Short Stories
The Best American Sports Writing

About the Author:

JASON WILSON is the author of Godforsaken Grapes: A Slightly Tipsy Journey through the World of Strange, Obscure, and Underappreciated Wine and Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits. He writes regularly for the Washington Post and the New York Times. Wilson has been the series editor of The Best American Travel Writing since its inception in 2000. His work can be found at jasonwilson.com.
 

Simon Winchester's many books include The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, Krakatoa, and A Crack in the Edge of the World. Each of these has been a New York Times bestseller and has appeared on numerous best and notable lists. Mr. Winchester was made Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth in 2006.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0618858660
• ISBN 13: 9780618858668
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384