Not Now, Voyager
A Memoir
$23.13
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
13 April 2010
Summary
Ever since the explorations of Marco Polo and the travels of Montaigne, a lively dialogue has persisted about the pros and cons of travel. Lynne Sharon Schwartz joins this dialogue with a memoir that raises both serious and amusing questions about travel, using her own experiences as vivid illustrations.Not Now, Voyager takes us on a voyage of self-discovery as the author traces how travel has shaped her sensibilities from childhood through adulthood. She makes an adolescent visit to Miami Be…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781582435886 |
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| ISBN-10: | 158243588X |
| Author: | Lynne Sharon Schwartz |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 13 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 214g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 139mm |
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Critics Review
“Schwartz is an elegant writer with a nimble intellect, with an incisive awareness of how human encounters shape journeys more than sightseeing itineraries do.” –The Seattle Times “As Schwartz understands, it is not the outer voyage but the inner one that matters.” –Los Angeles Times “Charmingly idiosyncratic.” –Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Lynne Sharon Schwartz is a celebrated author of novels, poems, short fiction, translations from Italian, and criticism. Her short fiction has appeared in the Best American Short Stories annual anthology series several times. The author of The Writing on the Wall, Disturbances in the Field, Referred Pain, Not Now, Voyager, and Two-Part Inventions, Schwartz lives in New York City and is currently a faculty member of the Bennington Writing Seminars.
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