Travelers' Tales Love & Romance is a collection of literary essays -- all true stories -- of love, lust, and romance encountered while traveling. They range from a tender story of how travel kept the spark in a 50-year marriage, to one woman's story of becoming engaged to a Figi Island tribesman, to the tale of an erotic romp with an unsuspected opium smuggler. Some stories are touching, others are frightening; all involve love in its many guises waiting to surprise and delight the unsuspecting traveler.
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Review
Readers who buy this book for the provocative cover--a photograph of two attractive people sprawled on a romantically dingy stone staircase, locked in a passionate embrace--won't be disappointed by the stories inside. Beth Ann Fennelly heroically denies herself a sensuous Italian named Massimo who "smelled of lemons"; Robert Strauss and his wife enjoy a stay at a not-quite-respectable Japanese hotel; and Chelsea George's personal ad in the Hindustan Times yields unexpected results. The fresh air of adventure and seductive possibilities blows strong through these stories. It's a perfect gift for travel lovers--in every sense.
From Library Journal
Wylie, an editor with Romance Traveling, has compiled a collection of 39 stories of love experienced while traveling. A wide variety of stories has been selected for this volume, some involving committed relationships, some involving new ones. One tells about doing dolphin research aboard a boat full of free-love proponents, while another describes a "Wacky Weekend," or a vacation weekend spent entirely at home. Seven stories come from a national contest on "your most romantic travel experience." The stories are divided into five sections, including "Essence" and "Going Your Own Way." These sections seem to be thematic, but the theme is difficult to decipher. That is unimportant, however; the stories themselves are interesting and well written. Buy for larger public libraries.?Alison Hopkins, Briarwood Lib., N.Y.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lonely Planet's version better,
By A Customer
This review is from: Love and Romance: True Stories of Passion on the Road (Travelers' Tales Guides) (Paperback)
I read this collection as well as 'Brief Encounters' (Lonely Planet Series)- the later was by far a better read; more honest, raw, and real experiences by a better collection of authors recounting their many indescretions with the restless natives found abroad.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for the traveller and armchair traveller alike!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Love and Romance: True Stories of Passion on the Road (Travelers' Tales Guides) (Paperback)
Don't be put off by the title "Love & Romance-true stories of passion on the road", this is a book that will appeal to those who love to travel, those who love to read about travel and just plain lovers! From the moment I opened the book until I was bleary eyed and put it down, I was intrigued, entertained, and moved by these wonderful gems. Each chapter takes you on a short trip to exotic places with someone you love-whether it is a lover, a parent or a good friend. What makes each story/essay even more meaningful are the short notes written or selected by the editor at the end of each article. The book is just like one the editor wrote:"Travel can be a series of small epiphanies." Each time you open this book to read, you will feel you are discovering something wonderful.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A terrific book for travellers and romantics, alike.,
By Paulinechen (new york city) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Love and Romance: True Stories of Passion on the Road (Travelers' Tales Guides) (Paperback)
A wonderful collection for anyone who loves to travel. Especially appropriate for airplane reading if you are on your way to someplace special with someone you love, or if travelling alone, open to adventure.Makes a great gift for the romantic or the traveller.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE MORNINGS WHEN I WOKE UP FAR TOO early, four-thirty to be exact. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
green lady, love hotels, sweet mystery, ballet shoes, talking stick Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Hong Kong, Mother Teresa, New Delhi, Latin Lover, San Francisco, Cook Forest, James Dean, Los Angeles, South Pacific, United States, Bois de Boulogne, Chung King, Grand Canal, San Jose, Captain Bligh, Death Valley, Desperately Seeking Protection, Hindustan Times, Indira Gandhi, Lila's Ballet Shoes, Remember Africa, Russian River, San Quentin, Soldier's Care New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE MORNINGS WHEN I WOKE UP FAR TOO early, four-thirty to be exact. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
green lady, love hotels, sweet mystery, ballet shoes, talking stick Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Hong Kong, Mother Teresa, New Delhi, Latin Lover, San Francisco, Cook Forest, James Dean, Los Angeles, South Pacific, United States, Bois de Boulogne, Chung King, Grand Canal, San Jose, Captain Bligh, Death Valley, Desperately Seeking Protection, Hindustan Times, Indira Gandhi, Lila's Ballet Shoes, Remember Africa, Russian River, San Quentin, Soldier's Care New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 59
books:
See all 59 books this book cites
2
books
cite this book:
- May You Be The Mother Of A Hundred Sons by Elisabeth Bumiller on 4 pages
- Moon Handbooks: Southeast Asia 4 Ed by Carl Parkes on 4 pages
- South Pacific Handbook (6th ed) by David Stanley on 4 pages
- How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain De Botton on 4 pages
- Islands, the Universe, Home by Gretel Ehrlich on page 153, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
See all 59 books this book cites
- Travelers' Tales Hong Kong by Larry Habegger on page 212
- Gutsy Women: More Travel Tips and Wisdom for the Road (Travelers' Tales Guides) (No.2) by Marybeth Bond on page 42
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
