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Nicholas Delbancowho, John Updike says, "wrestles with the abundance of his gifts as a novelist the way other men wrestle with their deficiencies"ventures forth to discover and illuminate various writers and places. In this follow-up to his acclaimed The Lost Suitcase , Delbanco weaves varied reflections to reveal a singular understanding of the relationships among literature, the past, and the world around us. Describing trips to such diverse destinations as Namibia; Afghanistan; Bellagio, Italy; and the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Delbanco conveys the wonder and the apprehension of visiting new places. However, he goes beyond commonplace travelogues, examining our desire to travel and to write and read about distant lands. In the title essay, which surveys the state of travel and travel writing in a world that has grown smaller and less strange, he explores the continuing allure of new locales and the ways in which familiar places change in our imagination over time. Delbanco's reflections on literature look to past writers and literary traditions as a way of enriching the present. Delbanco begins by asking us to reconsider society's infatuation with novelty and proposes the paradoxic

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Author

Delbanco, Nicholas

Publisher

New York: Columbia University Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231115421

Category

reference

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Travel

Rating

5 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14