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The Best American Travel Writing 2020/ Edited with an Introduction by Robert Macfarlane by Anderson, Sam;Bahnson, Fred;Brown, Molly McCully;Budd, Ken;Chayka, Kyle;Cooper Jones, Chloé;Iduma, Emmanuel;Johnson, Lacy M.;Macfarlane, Robert;Qāz̤īʹrād, Muzhgān;Smith, Jackie Bryant;Wilson, Jason is a reference work available to read on EtoBox.

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Writing, reading, and dreaming about travel have surged, writes Robert MacFarlane in his introduction to the Best American Travel Writing 2020. From an existential reckoning in avalanche school, to an act of kindness at the Mexican-American border, to a moral dilemma at a Kenyan orphanage, the journeys showcased in this collection are as spiritual as they are physical. These stories provide not just remarkable entertainment, but also, as MacFarlane says, deep comfort, “carrying hope, creating connections, transporting readers to other-worlds, and imagining alternative presents and alternative futures.”The year’s best travel writing, as chosen by series editor Jason Wilson and guest editor Robert Macfarlane.Macfarlane opens this provocative but unfortunately timed entry in the long-running series with a sobering message: “I write from a world in which travel has stopped.” Indeed, readers may feel a jarring sense of dissonance delving into suddenly anachronistic essays on unfettered travel, though they often are framed with still-relevant political conscience. Kyle Chayka probes what it means to have an “authentic” experience in Iceland, where tourists outnumbered inhabitants. Alejan

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Author

Anderson, Sam;Bahnson, Fred;Brown, Molly McCully;Budd, Ken;Chayka, Kyle;Cooper Jones, Chloé;Iduma, Emmanuel;Johnson, Lacy M.;Macfarlane, Robert;Qāz̤īʹrād, Muzhgān;Smith, Jackie Bryant;Wilson, Jason

Publisher

HMH Books; Mariner Books

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780358362043

Category

reference

Subjects

Travel, Literary Collections, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.4 / 5 (149 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14