The Best American Travel Writing 2020

Jason Wilson, Robert MacFarlane

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English

Houghton Mifflin
17 October 2020

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Travel & holiday

Series: Best American

The year’s best travel writing, as chosen by series editor Jason Wilson and guest editor Robert Macfarlane.

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 Best American Travel 2020 includes

HEIDI JULAVITS • YIYUN LI • PAUL SALOPEK • LACY JOHNSON •

EMMANUEL IDUMA • JON MOOALLEM • EMILY RABOTEAU and others

By: Jason Wilson
Edited by: Robert MacFarlane
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9780358362036
ISBN 10: 0358362032
Series: Best American
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 17 October 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

ROBERT MACFARLANE, guest editor, is a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and writes on environmentalism, literature, and travel for publications including the Guardian, the Sunday Times, and the New York Times. JASON WILSON, series editor, writes regularly for the Washington Post and the New York Times. Wilson has been the series editor of The Best American Travel Writing since its inception in 2000.

Reviews for The Best American Travel Writing 2020

A rewarding armchair experience of the world at large. --Publishers Weekly As in previous collections, there's something for everyone... an other-worldly tale that fits in nicely with surrealistic aspects of life under lockdown. --Booklist