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THE PICADOR BOOK OF JOURNEYS.(Review)
THE PICADOR BOOK OF JOURNEYS edited by Robyn Davidson Picador, 16.00 [pounds sterling], pp.477 ISBN 0330368621
The death of old-fashioned travel writing is regularly predicted by observers bamboozled by shelves of books of the `Up the Amazon on a Skateboard' variety. All the great journeys, the Cassandras argue, have been done. But as Robyn Davidson's robust anthology reveals, travel writing is a protean and remarkably resilient form that lurks behind many disguises.
Davidson has assembled a fine collection of 81 excerpts ranging in length from a single paragraph to 38 pages. Highlights include Laurence Sterne, with lustful indecision, alongside an …
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Magazine article from: The Spectator
Wheeler, Sara
August 11, 2001
700+ words
