A Certain Somewhere
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Gathered here are essays by J. M. Coetzee on South Africa, Madison Smartt Bell on Haiti, Thomas Mallon on the New York Public Library, Ann Beattie on the Florida Keys, Reeve Lindbergh (daughter of Charles Lindbergh) on Maui, Scott Russell Sanders on Bloomington, Indiana, and Anthony Walton on Cape Elizabeth, Maine, to name a few. These writers examine how they came to invest a part of themselves in the places they have inhabited and how those places have consequently inhabited them. Most of all, the writers take you there -- to a place that has worked its magic on them and will charm you as well. This multifarious assembly offers readers a sophisticated armchair-travel experience, replete with insights into culture, politics, architecture, and history. Along the way one enjoys a glimpse at the inner lives of some of our finest writers.
Author: Robert Wilson
Format: Hardback, 272 pages
Published: 2002, Random House USA Inc, United States
Genre: Travel Writing
Gathered here are essays by J. M. Coetzee on South Africa, Madison Smartt Bell on Haiti, Thomas Mallon on the New York Public Library, Ann Beattie on the Florida Keys, Reeve Lindbergh (daughter of Charles Lindbergh) on Maui, Scott Russell Sanders on Bloomington, Indiana, and Anthony Walton on Cape Elizabeth, Maine, to name a few. These writers examine how they came to invest a part of themselves in the places they have inhabited and how those places have consequently inhabited them. Most of all, the writers take you there -- to a place that has worked its magic on them and will charm you as well. This multifarious assembly offers readers a sophisticated armchair-travel experience, replete with insights into culture, politics, architecture, and history. Along the way one enjoys a glimpse at the inner lives of some of our finest writers.