Road reading
Posted Sunday, August 10, 2008, 7:21 PM by Lonely Planet
Long, solitary hours while travelling can make a book your best friend. You get a better understanding of your destination by matching up your location with literature.
If you've ever been a struggling artist in Paris, Hemmingway understands. Battled with bureaucracy in the Czech Republic? You can always turn to Kafka for empathy. For all the magic realism you'll ever need on your Latin American journey, Gabriel Garcia Marquez takes you down a different path.
Go for long walks with Paul Auster on the streets of New York. Tap in to a kooky side of modern Japan with Haruki Murakami. And be sure to catch up with JM Coetzee before you head to Africa.
And if you're feeling up-beat and perky before your jaunt to the USSR, take a large dose of Dostoevsky or Gogol before bed.
Pack that travel mood in your pocket.
- Jenni Kauppi
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What about Nabokov's Lolita during a road trip through the mid-west of the US? Unnerving? Yes. Disarming? For sure. Inappropriate? probably, but seriously perfect.
Excellent post, though I might suggest further reading for anyone travelling to Dublin, courtesy of Joyce's "Dubliners".
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