Shapiro Michael - A Sense Of Place Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft Lives And Inspiration - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: In A Sense of Place journalist/travel writer Michael Shapiro goes on a pilgrimage to visit the world's great travel writers on their home turf to get their views on their careers the writer's craft and most importantly why they chose to live where they do and what that place means to them. The book chronicles a young writer's conversations with his heroes writers he's read for years who inspired him both to pack his bags to travel and to pick up a pen and write. Michael skillfully coaxes a collective portrait through his interviews allowing the authors to speak intimately about the writer's life and how place influences their work and perceptions. In each chapter Michael sets the scene by describing the writer's surroundings placing the reader squarely in the locale whether it be Simon Winchester's Massachusetts Redmond O Hanlon's London or Frances Mayes's Tuscany. He then lets the writer speak about life and the world and through quiet probing draws out fascinating commentary from these remarkable people. For Michael it's a dream come true to meet his mentors; for readers it's an engaging window onto the twin landscapes of great travel writers and the world in which they live.
Title: A Sense Of Place Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft Lives And Inspiration
Author(s): Shapiro Michael
Publisher: Travelers Tales Incorporated
Barcode: 9781932361087
Pages: 312 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 8/10/2004
Category: Travel Writing