The Best American Travel Writing 2009
Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at
5:17 pm
Product Description
Acclaimed writer Simon Winchester brings his keen literary eye to this year’s volume of the finest travel writing from the past year. “Full of insights, humor, the exotic and distant, and the ordinary and near” (Library Journal) this collection finds ”a perfect mix of exotic locale and elegant prose” (Publishers Weekly).
The Best American Travel Writing 2009
Tagged with: 2009 • American • Best • Travel • Writing
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I’ve been buying these since 2000 and it’s always a highlight of my book reading year. But it seems like the last couple of years the collections haven’t been as strong, which I chalk up to the guest editors. Still worth reading though.
Rating: 4 / 5
I am a huge fan of the The Best American Travel Writing series, but this year (2009) is not as well edited as year 2007, which I thought was the best yet. 2009 is still a good read, but not an edition that I would keep. Still . . . I read it cover to cover and enjoyed the read.
Rating: 3 / 5