LITERARY JOURNEYS BY JOHN MCMURTIE

A beautifully illustrated guide to over seventy-fiveimportant journeys in world literature, spanning more than thirty countries and twenty-five hundred years

From HomersOdyssey, ChaucersCanterbury Tales, and CervantessDon Quixoteto MelvillesMoby-Dick, KerouacsOn the Road, and Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiesAmericanah, some of the most powerful works of fiction center on a journey. Extending to the ends of the earth and spanning from ancient Greece to today,Literary Journeysis an enthralling book that takes you on a voyage of discovery through some of the most important journeys in literature. In original essays, an international team of literary critics, scholars, and other writers explore exciting, dangerous, tragic, and uplifting journeys in more than seventy-five classic and popular works of fiction from around the world. Chronologically arranged and gorgeously illustrated throughout with paintings, engravings, photographs, and maps in full color, this captivating book will appeal to readers who have travelled widely, who are planning a trip, or who love armchair travel.

• Contributors include Robert McCrum, Susan Shillinglaw, Maya Jaggi, Robert Holden, Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Alan Taylor, Michael Bourne, Sarah Mesleand dozens more.

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