{"product_id":"the-world-is-a-book-indeed-writing-reading-and-traveling-paperback","title":"The World Is a Book, Indeed: Writing, Reading, and Traveling - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Lasalle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World Is a Book, Indeed\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles in eleven rich personal essays the ongoing quest of award-winning writer Peter LaSalle to embark on offbeat, often startlingly revelatory literary travel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e LaSalle spends a summer roaming the lesser-known quarters of Paris, haunted by the writing of the French surrealists. In Hanoi, he meets for beers with the editors--two military men--of the \u003ci\u003eArmy Literature and Arts Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e while investigating Vietnam's acknowledged great modern novel, Bao Ninh's \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrow of War\u003c\/i\u003e. Other pieces find LaSalle on a strange nighttime drive through the streets of sprawling São Paulo in search of landmarks associated with Brazilian modernist poetry, bouncing around Africa to interview writers there when very young, exploring Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges's memorable stay in Texas, and traveling to Istanbul, Lisbon, Tunis, and elsewhere, as he considers major writers amid the settings that produced their works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Deeply felt and replete with insight into literature and life itself, even capable of evoking valid mind leaps in its innovative approaches, this is a collection for readers who love books and want to learn more about the places they originated, presented by a well-traveled guide with an intimate voice and a gift for the essay form.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter LaSalle\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two novels, five story collections, and a previous collection of essays on literary travel, \u003ci\u003eThe City at Three P.M.\u003c\/i\u003e His writing on travel and literature has appeared in, among others, \u003ci\u003eThe Progressive, Africa Today, New England Review, Southern Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Travel Writing 2014\u003c\/i\u003e (selected by Paul Theroux). He teaches creative writing at the University of Texas at Austin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759906652448,"sku":"9780807173961","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/90eb5f1a872c2308b23559c43bf4e38a.webp?v=1780165696","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-world-is-a-book-indeed-writing-reading-and-traveling-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}