The Best American Travel Writing 2008 (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
The Best American Travel Writing book is a compilation of various articles from different sources including the Atlantic and New Yorker and as such reads similar to an anthology of magazine articles. There are stories that are interesting, there are stories that aren't very interesting but each story, at most, takes 20 minutes to read. To liken the book to a meal, I consider this book a compilation of a bunch of different appetizers. Some you like, some you don't. However, the apps just don't have enough je ne sais quoi to consist of a meal. It's a good book to read 15 minutes at a time, but its not a book that I really enjoyed. Just finished this, whilst on vacation. Of course it's pretty damn near the perfect read if you are traveling, and are interested/curious in other people's expeditions, especially if they are to lands you will probably never go to. It's got it all(all being humor, sadness, contemplation, current events, etc etc). I suspected that Anthony Bourdain would not steer me wrong, he's the editor on this one, and he came through.
What do You think about The Best American Travel Writing 2008 (2008)?
Makes me laugh out loud at times, and want to travel to even more remote corners of the globe ...
—riki
Interesting. You could definitely feel anthony bourdain's charisma and style in these selections
—Simo
