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Literary Places: Volume 2

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By (author): Sarah Baxter

Illustrated by: Amy Grimes

Inspired Travellers Guides: Literary Places takes you on an enlightening journey through the key locations of literatures best and brightest authors, movements and moments brought to life through comprehensively researched text and stunning hand-drawn artwork.

Travel journalist Sarah Baxter provides comprehensive and atmospheric outlines of the history and culture of 25 literary places around the globe, as well as how they intersect with the lives of the authors and the works that make them significant. Full-page colour illustrations instantly transport you to each location. Youll find that these places are not just backdrops to the tales told, but characters in their own right.

Travel to the sun-scorched plains of Don Quixotes La Mancha, roam the wild Yorkshire moors with Cathy and Heathcliff or view Central Park through the eyes of J.D. Salingers antihero. Explore the lush and languid backwaters of Arundhati Roys Kerala, the imposing precipice of Joan Lindsays Hanging Rock and the labyrinthine streets and sewers of Victor Hugos Paris.

Featured locations:
Paris, Les Miserables
Dublin, Ulysses
Florence, A Room with a View
Naples, My Brilliant Friend
Berlin, Berlin Alexanderplatz
Nordland, Growth of the Soil
St Petersburg, Crime and Punishment
Sierra de Guadarrama, For Whom the Bell Tolls
La Mancha, Don Quixote
Davos, The Magic Mountain
Bath, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion 
London, Oliver Twist
Yorkshire Moors, Wuthering Heights
Cairo, Palace Walk
Soweto, Burger's Daughter
Kerala, The God of Small Things
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), The Quiet American
Kabul, The Kite Runner
Hanging Rock, Picnic at Hanging Rock
New York, The Catcher in the Rye
Monterey, Cannery Row
Mississippi River, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Monroeville, To Kill a Mockingbird
Cartagena, Love in the Time of Cholera
Chile, The House of the Spirits

Delve into this book to discover some of the worlds most fascinating literary places and the novels that celebrate them.

Each book in the Inspired Traveller's Guides series offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: Artistic Places (March 2021), Spiritual Places, Hidden Places and Mystical Places. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 140 x 210mm
  • Publication Date: 07 Mar 2019
  • Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781781318102

About Sarah Baxter

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. 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.

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