Better than Fiction 2: True adventures from 30 great fiction writers

Better than Fiction 2: True adventures from 30 great fiction writers by Lonely Planet. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781743607497.

From Lonely Planet, the worlds leading travel guide publisher,Better Than Fiction 2, the follow-up to 2012s Better Than Fiction, is a second serving of true travel stories told by some of the worlds best fiction writers including Dave Eggers, Jane Smiley and Karen Joy Fowler. Varied in place, plot and voice, these are stirring and evocative pieces that all share one common characteristic-they manifest a passion for the precious gift of travel, from its unexpected but inevitably enriching lessons about other peoples and places, to the truths, sometimes uncomfortable but always enlarging, it reveals about ourselves. By turns comic, dramatic, and moving - from Francine Proses confrontation of the mysteries of India to DBC Pierres search for Hemingways muse in Italy - these 30 short tales reveal the joys, perils, and surprises of travel, and that truth can often be stranger (and better) than fiction. Whether on a plane en route to your own travel adventure, or at home settling in for a vicarious experience of world adventures, embark on this literary journey around the world and explore your passion for travel now! Authors: Lonely Planet, Don George, Dave Eggers, Jane Smiley, Karen Joy Fowler, Stefan Merrill Block, Francine Prose, DBC Pierre, Fiona Kidman, Alexander McCall Smith, Keija Parssinen, MJ Hyland, Catherine Lacey, Rebecca Dinerstein, Lloyd Jones, Porochista Khakpour, Jack Livings, Marina Lewycka, Lydia Millet, Suzanne Joinson, Sophie Cunningham, Christina Nichol, Mandy Sayer, Steven Amsterdam, Marie-Helene Bortino, Shirley Streshinsky, Steven Hall, David Shafer, Avi Duckor-Jones, Lily King, Aliya Whitely, and Natalie Baszile About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the worlds leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planets mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in. Lonely Planets award-winning list travel literature anthologies include An Innocent Abroad (Independent Publishers Award, Silver for Essays, 2015) and A Fork in the Road (Lowell Thomas Award, Bronze for Travel Book, 2014; James Bear Award, Nominated for Travel Fiction, 2014). Lonely Planet. Its on everyones bookshelves; its in every travellers hands. Its on mobile phones. Its on the Internet. Its everywhere, and its telling entire generations of people how to travel the world. -- Fairfax Media Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other. - New York Times Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Travelers Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.