Sarah Baxter
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Literary Places
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Bringing together comprehensively researched text and stunning hand-drawn illustrations especially crafted for this book, Inspired Travellerâ s Guide: Literary Places will take readers on an enlightening journey through the key locations of literatureâ s best and brightest authors, movements and moments.
Sarah Baxter grew up in Norfolk, England and now lives in Bath. Her passion for travel and the great outdoors saw her traverse Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the United States before settling into a writing career. She was Associate Editor of Wanderlust magazine, the bible for independent-minded travellers, for more than ten years and has also written extensively on travel for a diverse range of other publications, including the Guardian, the Telegraph and the Independent newspapers. Sarah has also contributed to more than a dozen Lonely Planet guidebooks. Amy Grimes is an illustrator based in London, UK. Drawing inspiration from nature and the natural world, Amy's work often features bright and bold illustrated motifs, floral icons and leafy landscapes. As well as working on commissioned illustrations, Amy also sells prints, textiles and stationery under the brand of Hello Grimes.
Produktdetails
- Inspired Traveller's Guides
- Verlag: Quarto Publishing Group / White Lion Publishing
- Artikelnr. des Verlages: 302268
- Seitenzahl: 144
- Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2019
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 217mm x 148mm x 18mm
- Gewicht: 452g
- ISBN-13: 9781781318102
- ISBN-10: 1781318107
- Artikelnr.: 53209967
Herstellerkennzeichnung
Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
gpsr@libri.de
"A slam-dunk for bibliophile armchair travelers." Booklist 20190315
Why do you read book? To enjoy yourself, be entertained by a good story and – at least for me – to travel via the novel to another place and learn something about culture, habits and life in general there. Due to lack of time and money, I cannot visit all the places I would like to see …
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Why do you read book? To enjoy yourself, be entertained by a good story and – at least for me – to travel via the novel to another place and learn something about culture, habits and life in general there. Due to lack of time and money, I cannot visit all the places I would like to see with my own eyes, thus, the fictional world set in real places is often the only alternative available. Especially when it comes to time travel which, of course, will just remain a dream.
Sarah Baxter’s traveller’s guide leads you to 25 famous places of novels, among them Paris, London, St Petersburg, New York and Berlin. She briefly describes the setting of the novel and then compares the presentation as we get it in the book with what to find there today. Some places are almost identical and what you see through the eyes of the protagonist is what you can see yourself when travelling there. Others have changed a lot and the place now only exists between the covers of the book.
The text is accompanied by illustrations by Amy Grimes and even though they are mostly abstract, they wonderfully transport the atmosphere evoked in the novels. When reading make sure you either got a hard copy of the book or an electronic version in colour. I’d be a pity to have them just in black and white.
A beautiful collection which reminded me of novels I read a long time ago and which I definitely want to look at again now.
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