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ISBN 10: 0547808984 ISBN 13: 9780547808987

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013

Riassunto

Number-one New York Times best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed: A Love Story, Elizabeth Gilbert transports readers to far-flung locales with this collection of the year’s lushest and most inspiring travel writing.

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BATW 2012: "Bold and questioning writer and world traveler Vollmann is at the helm of the thirteenth edition of this superb travel annual, which has always been distinguished by its stellar guest editors. Guided by his uncreasing curiosity about complex places and authentic voices, Vollmann has chosen 19 electrifying essays...Vollmann's 'best' assemblage profoundly extends the reach of the ever-vital and enlightening art of travel writing." --Booklist (starred) "The latest intriguing batch of travel writing from the venerable series. [T]hese stories...undoubtedly bring a taste of adventure to readers...theyopen a window onto the strange, seedy and beautiful world, offering readers glimpses into places that many will never see or experience except through the eyes and words of these writers. Mostly engaging, diverse tales of offbeat travel adventures." --Kirkus Reviews

Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love, 2006), guest editor of the latest volume in this always rich yearly anthology, boldly avers that she chose travel stories that “were told the most marvelously in 2012.” All the pieces included here are treasures of excellent writing, regardless of genre. – Booklist

The latest installment of the travel-writing series upholds the tradition of world-expanding excellence.The wonder continues in the fact that, regardless of subject, each story takes its place in the collection proudly and deservedly. – Kirkus

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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 magazines, journals, and websites. 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 2013 includes

Marie Arana, Bernd Brunner, Kevin Chroust, Ian Frazer

Dimiter Kenarov, David Sedaris, Grant Stoddard, John Jeremiah Sullivan

Sarah A. Topol, Lynne Yaeger, and others
[INSERT AUTHOR PHOTO] ELIZABETH GILBERT is the author of four books, has been a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and has had pieces published in Spin, GQ, and The New York Times Magazine. She is best known for her memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, which chronicles her travels around the world. Her new novel, The Signature of All Things, will be released in fall 2013.

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

THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS

THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS

THE BEST AMERICAN INFOGRAPHICS

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

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0547808984
• ISBN 13: 9780547808987
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 210
• Redattore: Gilbert Elizabeth