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.
The Best American Travel Writing 2012
โ Scribed by Wilson, Jason; Vollman, William T (editor)
- Book ID
- 109336413
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Series
- Best American Travel Writing 2012
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780547808970
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โฆ Synopsis
The Best American Seriesยฎ
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 โ and most popular โ of its kind.
The Best American Travel Writing 2012 includes
Bryan Curtis, Lynn Freed, J. Malcolm Garcia, Peter Gwin,
Pico Iyer, Mark Jenkins, Dimiter Kenarov, Robin Kirk,
Kimberly Meyer, Paul Theroux, and others
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