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Prague
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Av Paul Wilson
Häftad, 1995
230 kr
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Travel to one of the most beautiful cities in the world in the company of its finest writers. Walk the mysterious nighttime streets of Prague with Franz Kafka and Jaroslav Hasek, eavesdrop on intimate conversations in restaurants and lively beer halls with Karel Capek and Bohumil Hrabal, listen to …
Vietnam
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Av John Balaban, Nguyn Qui Duc
Häftad, 1996
245 kr
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Since relations between the U.S. and Vietnam have normalized, many more people are traveling to this exotic country, previously closed to a generation of Western visitors. Vietnam provides one of the first chances for Americans to know the Vietnamese outside the context of war. Vietnamese have been …
Israel
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Av Naomi Seidman, Michael Gluzman
Häftad, 1996
245 kr
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There may be no place more blessed -- or burdened -- with narrative than Israel. In this country, story and place are inextricable. From stories set in the historical, holy city of Jerusalem to those that take place in the modern, secular city of Tel Aviv, from writing addressing the current …
Cuba
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Häftad, 2002
230 kr
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Travel to Cuba in the company of its finest writers and gain an understanding of its remarkable mystique. The twenty-one stories in this volume -- some of which appear in English for the first time -- will take you on an odyssey through the country's rich past to its dynamic present, where it is …
Spain
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Häftad, 2003
227 kr
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Explore Spain's rich literary landscape with some of the country's best contemporary writers. Arranged geographically, these thirty stories -- many of which appear in English for the first time -- transport the reader through Spain's many enchanting regions: experience a bull-run with Juan …
Chile
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Häftad, 2003
230 kr
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Traverse Chile's literary and geographic landscape with some of its best writers. Let Ariel Dorfman take you to Santiago with a prodigal son, discovering his own country for the first time; travel to the remote south with Enrique Valdes, and enjoy the charms of Valparaiso with Pablo Neruda. Many of …
Italy
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Häftad, 2003
146 kr
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Some of Italy's best-known writers, including Luigi Pirandello, Natalia Ginzburg, Alberto Moravia, and Antonio Tabucchi, join Italy's rising literary stars to take the reader on a panoramic tour of both city and countryside, across the social spectrum, surveying the country's rich cultural history. …
Japan
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Av Jeffrey Angles, J. Thomas Rimer
Häftad, 2006
230 kr
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This collection guides the reader through the complexity that is Japan. Although frequently misunderstood as a homogenous nation, Japan is a land of tremendous linguistic, geographical and cultural diversity. Hino Keizo leads the reader through Tokyo's mazes in "Jacob's Tokyo Ladder". Nakagami …
Argentina: A Traveler's Literary Companion
A Traveller's Literary Companion
Av Jill Gibian
Häftad, 2010
239 kr
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This vital collection of stories, vignettes, and prose poems takes readers on a literary journey that climbs the Andes Mountains, navigates the great River Plate, and traverses the expansive plains of the Pampas. Moving beyond the cultural icons associated with Argentina (such as gauchos, tango, …
Brazil: A Traveler's Literary Companion
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Häftad, 2009
164 kr
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This vital collection is as eclectic and electric as Brazil itself. These stories -- ranging from vignettes, sketches, and prose poems to traditional narratives -- cover a wide geography, physically, thematically, and stylistically. Tales of nature and magic, humor and tragedy, brutality and …
South Africa: A Traveler's Literary Companion
Av Isabel Balseiro, Tobias Hecht
Häftad, 2009
239 kr
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Including short stories from some of South Africa's best and most renowned writers (Nadine Gordimer, J.M. Coetzee, and Alan Paton, to name only a few), this collection accompanies readers to a recent, but altogether different South Africa, reflecting perspectives of both the oppressed and the …
Costa Rica
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Av Barbara Ras
Häftad, 1994
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146 kr
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Journey into the Costa Rican imagination through twenty-six remarkable stories, selected and organized regionally for the curious traveler. Here, for the first time in English, the best of Costa Rica's writers conjure the country's allure and vitality, its coffee fields and palm groves, cicadas and …
Greece
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Häftad, 1997
154 kr
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Gathers stories from modern Greek writers such as Eva Vlami, George Seferis, and Odysseus Elytis. Discover Greece -- a country that has inspired centuries of travel -- through its best modern writers. Against a superb landscape of mountains, beaches, villages, cities, and ruins, all bathed in the …
Australia
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Av Robert Ross
Häftad, 1998
146 kr
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A companion to the literature of Australia, this book takes the reader on a journey through the continent in 25 stories, ranging from the colonial period to contemporary Australia. The stories evoke the mysterious outback, the gum trees, kangaroos and dingoes, and the busy streets of Melbourne, …
Amsterdam
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Av Manfred Wolf
Häftad, 2001
134 kr
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Travel to one of the most dynamic cities in the world in the company of its finest writers. The stories in this volume will take you on a personal odyssey through the city's rich past to its dynamic present. Arranged by the areas of Amsterdam they illuminate. These stories offer up a rich literary …
Vienna: A Traveler's Literary Companion
Häftad, 2008
154 kr
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This collection of short stories set in the crown jewel of Europe is an excellent introduction to the exceptionally rich contemporary Austrian literature spanning from the fin-de-siecle "dream-world Vienna" to more recent Nobel prize-winning authors. Vienna is not only home to historic cathedrals, …
Mexico
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Av C. M. Mayo
Häftad, 2003
159 kr
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Mexico has long been the top travel destination for Americans. But until now, there has not been such a panoramic vision of offered by some of Mexico's finest contemporary writers of fiction and literary prose. Here are writings -- many translated for the first time -- that bring you to the people …
Ireland
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Häftad, 2007
164 kr
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Noted for its literary legacy, Ireland has long been a top travel destination. This latest in the "Whereabouts Press Traveler's Literary Companions" series features Ireland's top writers as guides to the natural beauties and cultural nuances of the Emerald Isle.Ireland has consistently been in the …
France: A Traveler's Literary Companion
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Av William Rodarmor, Anna Livia
Häftad, 2008
159 kr
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This guide for literature enthusiasts and travelers alike reveals what Francophiles have long known: France is so much more than the Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysées. Including contributions from such celebrated French writers as Colette, Gabriel Chevallier, and Emmanuelle Laborit, this lively …
China: A Traveler's Literary Companion
Av Kirk Denton
Häftad, 2008
154 kr
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Whether revealing small-town superstitions or exposing Beijing’s underworld, these works of literary fiction offer insights to modern China and its myriad of social, cultural, and human concerns. An expansive country, China is made up of numerous ethnic groups with a dizzying array of local …
