|
|
Product Description
A practical, armchair travel guide that explores eighty of the most iconic literary locations from all over the globe that you can actually visit.
A must-have for every fan of literature, Booked inspires readers to follow in their favorite characters footsteps by visiting the real-life locations portrayed in beloved novels including the Monroeville, Alabama courthouse in To Kill a Mockingbird, Chatsworth House, the inspiration for Pemberley in Pride and Prejudice, and the Kyoto Bridge from Memoirs of a Geisha. The full-color photographs throughout reveal the settings readers have imagined again and again in their favorite books.
Organized by regions all around the world, author Richard Kreitner explains the importance of each literary landmark including the connection to the author and novel, cultural significance, historical information, and little-known facts about the location. He also includes travel advice like addresses and must-see spots.
Booked features special sections on cities that inspired countless literary works like a round of locations in Brooklyn from Betty Smith's iconic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn to Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn and a look at the New Orleans of Tennessee Williams and Anne Rice.
Locations include:
Central Park, NYC (The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger)
Forks, Washington (Twilight, Stephanie Meyer)
Prince Edward Island, Canada (Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery)
Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario (Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood)
Holcomb, Kansas (In Cold Blood, Truman Capote)
London, England (White Teeth, Zadie Smith)
Paris, France (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo)
Segovia, Spain, (For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway)
Kyoto, Japan (Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden)
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
- Where To Go When: Unforgettable Trips for Every Month (DK Eyewitness Travel Guide)
- Literary Landscapes: Charting the Worlds of Classic Literature (Literary Worlds Series)
- Literary Places (Inspired Traveller's Guides)
- Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Movemaking
- Novel Destinations, Second Edition: A Travel Guide to Literary Landmarks From Jane Austen's Bath to Ernest Hemingway's Key West
- World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
- March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women: A Library of America Special Publication
- Travel Listography: Exploring the World in Lists (Trave Diary, Travel Journal, Travel Diary Journal)
- A Booklover's Guide to New York
- Architectural Classics Notecards: 20 Prints and Envelopes (20 different cards on luxe paper, 9 x 6", gold foil stamped box, great for all occasions)
*If this is not the "Booked: A Traveler's Guide to Literary Locations Around the World" product you were looking for, you can check the other results by clicking this link
.
Details were last updated on Dec 24, 2024 20:31 +08.
