The New York Times: Footsteps
From Ferrante's Naples to Hammett's San Francisco, Literary Pilgrimages Around the World
$31.91
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2017
Summary
A curated collection of the New York Times’ travel column, “Footsteps,” exploring iconic authors’ relationships to landmarks and cities around the world.
Before Nick Carraway was drawn into Daisy and Gatsby’s sparkling, champagne-fueled world in The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald vacationed in the French Riviera, where a small green lighthouse winked at ships on the horizon. Before the nameless lovers began their illicit affair in The Lover, Marguerite Duras embar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780804189842 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0804189846 |
| Author: | New York Times |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 133mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
“For anyone who’s ever asked ‘Where do your stories come from?’ or for anyone who has traveled or longed to travel, the writers in this collection elegantly, thoughtfully, lovingly, and brilliantly take you to places you’ve never imagined and places you’ve dreamed of getting to. It’s fabulous!”
—JACQUELINE WOODSON, author of the New York Times bestseller Another Brooklyn and the National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming
“A feast of inspiration.”
—BILL BRYSON, author of The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
About The Author
New York Times
THE NEW YORK TIMES is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. Founded in 1851, the newspaper has won 122 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper.
MONICA DRAKE is the editor of the Travel section at the New York Times.
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