Articles related to "Travel Narrative"

A look at some of the most commonly used styles and formats of travel narratives, complete with a look at the advantages and disadvantages of using them.

Jennifer Cox's travel book tells of her journey round the world to find the Soul Mate she knows exists somewhere. Can the devoted career woman still find Mister Right?

Anna Nicholas's travel book, A Lizard in My Luggage, tells how she bought a ruined farmhouse in rural Mallorca, but carried on working in the Ab-Fab world of London PR

The new title from the author of Attention All Shipping sends Charlie Connelly In Search of Elvis, a journey round Memphis, Tupelo, Las Vegas, Hawaii - and Scotland!

We can't go back to the Russia of the 1980s, but reading Christopher Hope's great book Moscow! Moscow! gives insights into perestroika and the old way of visiting Moscow.

Part fiction, part biography, Marina Lewycka's novel A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian has plenty to say about Ukraine and Eastern Europe.

Raffles Hotel and other Raffles legacies feature strongly in the new book by John Malathronas, Singapore Swing, one of few books of travel literature about Singapore

Few travel narratives covering Eastern Europe exist, but Angus Bell's written one with an interesting twist: he played cricket with the Slavs.

"Travel writing" can be a confusing term. It can indicate a guide book packed with information for travelers, or an entertaining story from a first-person view.

Modern travel writing in the United States began after the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great War of the 1940s.

Good films quickly establish boundaries of a story - what's possible, not likely and so on. Timeline defines the film's boundaries and narrative in the opening scene.

Armchair travelers delight in 20th-century masterpieces by Leigh Fermor, Least Heat Moon, Newby, Naipul, Bryson, Mary Morris, Kerouac, Peter Fleming, Chatwin and Theroux.

Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet Travel Guides, takes the reader on a tour of the Axis of Evil in Bad Lands.

Tracks, written by Robyn Davidson in the late 70s and published in 1980, follows the author's journey across 1,700 miles of Australian outback with her camels.

Travelers and travel-oriented publications like to make lists of the "best ever" travel books. But they don't always agree on what those books are.

Suggestions on what to get that traveler on your list that won't cost a lot or require you to visit a mall.