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The New York Times

Footsteps: From Ferrante's Naples to Hammett's San Francisco, Literary Pilgrimages Around the World

by New York Times
David Colacci
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Before Nick Carraway was drawn into Daisy and Gatsby's sparkling, champagne-fueled world in The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald vacationed in the French Riviera, where a small green lighthouse winked at ships on the horizon. Before the nameless lovers began their illicit affair in The Lover, Marguerite Duras embarked upon her own scandalous relationship amidst the urban streets of Saigon. And before readers were terrified by a tentacled dragon-man called Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft was enthralled by the Industrial Trust tower—the twenty-six-story skyscraper that makes up the skyline of Providence, Rhode Island.

Based on the popular New York Times travel column, Footsteps is an anthology of literary pilgrimages, exploring the geographic muses behind some of history's greatest writers. From the "dangerous, dirty and seductive" streets of Naples, the setting for Elena Ferrante's famous Neapolitan novels, to the "stone arches, creaky oaken doors, and riverside paths" of Oxford, the backdrop for Alice's adventures in Wonderland, Footsteps takes a fresh approach to literary tourism, appealing to readers and travel enthusiasts alike.

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  • Release date

    October 24, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781541497191
      • File size: 281671 KB
      • Duration: 09:46:48

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Here's an audiobook for those who love to hear about writers and enjoy travel writing. Narrators Susan Ericksen and David Colacci invite the listener to share in the special places of a group of well-known writers. The pair divide the three dozen pieces according to the essayist's gender. Both accomplish their narrations smoothly and gracefully. Overall, the audiobook smartly errs on the side of understated performances that suit the content perfectly. The stories mostly concern the locales that writers sought out to pursue their crafts. Happily, many footsteps--Dashiell Hammett's San Francisco, Jamaica Kincaid's Antigua, James Baldwin's Paris, and Rachel Carson's Maine--are retraceable. Only a few of the profiled writers are still living. The search for these luminaries' scenes and haunts makes for an engaging listening experience. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 1, 2002
      As September approaches, a crop of titles reaches out to young readers. A Nation Challenged: A Visual History of 9/11 and Its Aftermath, Young Readers Edition, edited by Mitchel Levitas, photos edited by Nancy Lee and Lonnie Schlein, with an introduction by New York Times executive editor Howell Raines, presents an intimate account of one of America's darkest days, adapted from the stories that ran in the Times. Text pulled directly from the paper's pages plus Pulitzer Prize-winning photos create a sense of immediacy while helping readers make sense of the war in Afghanistan, the tragedy's impact on the global community and new security measures at home and abroad. A "How to Help" section and comprehensive resource listings put the focus on the future.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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