A hardback re-issue of this anthology. Pieces by Mary McCarthy, Willa Cather, Joan Didion, Vita Sackville-West, M F K Fisher and many others.
The Virago Book Of Women Travellers.
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£14.99
Edition:Hardback978034901352729/10/2020
Categories: 15. Books for Christmas 2020: Travel, Books for Christmas 2020, Travel
Tag: Travel writing
From a Bookshelf nearby
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The marvellous Attlee takes us on the journey, through space and time, of one violin, whose voice "was powerful enough to unbuckle joints". Cremona, Russia, Venice, Alpine forests... (Her la... read more
Lev’s Violin: An Italian Adventure
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A remarkable odyssey around the edges of that vast country - through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finl... read more
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Hockney self-isolated through 2020 at his home in Normandy, and corresponded the while with his art critic friend Gayford. Their conversations reveal Hockney's optimism and his wonderful att... read more
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In this magnificently madcap adventure, SR pursues rumours of old pianos into all corners of Siberia: Arctic, Altai, Kamchatka, Princess Volkonsky in Irkutsk... She writes well, has a lovely... read more
The Lost Pianos of Siberia
Hardback £18.99