Literatura Aurum Press Ltd | Literary Places

Inspired Traveller’S Guides: Literary Places Takes You On An Enlightening Journey Through The Key Locations Of Literature’S Best And Brightest Authors, Movements And Moments – Brought To Life Through Comprehensively Researched Text And Stunning Hand-Drawn Artwork.

Travel Journalist Sarah Baxter Provides Comprehensive And Atmospheric Outlines Of The History And Culture Of 25 Literary Places Around The Globe, As Well As How They Intersect With The Lives Of The Authors And The Works That Make Them Significant. Full-Page Colour Illustrations Instantly Transport You To Each Location. You’Ll Find That These Places Are Not Just Backdrops To The Tales Told, But Characters In Their Own Right.

Travel To The Sun-Scorched Plains Of Don Quixote’S La Mancha, Roam The Wild Yorkshire Moors With Cathy And Heathcliff Or View Central Park Through The Eyes Of J.D. Salinger‘S Antihero. Explore The Lush And Languid Backwaters Of Arundhati Roy‘S Kerala, The Imposing Precipice Of Joan Lindsay‘S Hanging Rock And The Labyrinthine Streets And Sewers Of Victor Hugo‘S Paris.

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Paris, Les Miserables
Dublin, Ulysses
Florence, A Room With A View
Naples, My Brilliant Friend
Berlin, Berlin Alexanderplatz
Nordland, Growth Of The Soil
St Petersburg, Crime And Punishment
Sierra De Guadarrama, For Whom The Bell Tolls
La Mancha, Don Quixote
Davos, The Magic Mountain
Bath, Northanger Abbey And Persuasion
London, Oliver Twist
Yorkshire Moors, Wuthering Heights
Cairo, Palace Walk
Soweto, Burger’S Daughter
Kerala, The God Of Small Things
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), The Quiet American
Kabul, The Kite Runner
Hanging Rock, Picnic At Hanging Rock
New York, The Catcher In The Rye
Monterey, Cannery Row
Mississippi River, Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Monroeville, To Kill A Mockingbird
Cartagena, Love In The Time Of Cholera
Chile, The House Of The Spirits