
Literary Places
by Sarah Baxter
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Pub Date Mar 05 2019 | Archive Date Apr 04 2019
Quarto Publishing Group - White Lion Publishing | White Lion Publishing
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Description
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. You’ll 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 Quixote’s La Mancha, roam the wild Yorkshire moors with Cathy and Heathcliff or view Central Park through the eyes of J.D. Salinger’s antihero. Explore the lush and languid backwaters of Arundhati Roy’s Kerala, the imposing precipice of Joan Lindsay’s Hanging Rock and the labyrinthine streets and sewers of Victor Hugo’s 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 world’s 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.
Marketing Plan
Key Selling Points: A strong international appeal, featuring locations throughout the world, including Florence, the city that sparked a young girl's awakening in EM Forster's A Room with a View and the hometown inspiration for Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. Features 60 stunning illustrations, created exclusively for the book, which evoke the spirit of each place. Perfect for the thoughtful traveller, looking for something smarter, more engaging and more modern than traditional books on the subject.
Key Campaign Activity Pitch to Books/Literature and Travel media highlighting extensive list of places and relevance to classic literature. Highlight first book in the series. Focus on media in US literary locations: NY – JD Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye; Monterey, CA – John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row; Mississippi River – Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Monroeville, AL – Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird.
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Bloggers: Library of Clean Reads, Fine Books and Collections, The Love Nerds, Travel Mamas, Literary Traveler, BootsnAll, Young Adventuress, Atlas and Boots
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781781318102 |
PRICE | $19.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 144 |
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