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Love affairs on the road, passionate holiday romances, erotic encounters, lovers who meet only to part'

A tourist in Peru falls for her handsome guide; backpackers check out who's on offer in the nightclubs of Prague; a couple trawl for adventure in a Mexican bathhouse; a beautiful Italian proposes marriage to the foreigner he's just met...

Twenty seductive stories - for everyone who has dreamt of escape with that perfect stranger.

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This collection of stories from 22 authors from around the world concerns travel romances. A tourist in Peru falls for her handsome guide; a writer explores the ambiguities of his relationship with a Japanese woman; and a beautiful Italian on a train proposes marriage.

Synopsis:

A tourist in Paris falls for her handsome guide; a writer explores the ambiguities of his relationship with a Japanese woman; a lonely man readers graffiti for a sign that he is not the only gay in an Australian resort. Love affairs on the road, passionate holiday flings, disastrous pick-ups, erotic encounters--this collection of stories by Paul Theroux, Mona Simpson, Pico Iyer, and 19 others covers the gamut of the genre.

Synopsis:

Pico lyer, Mary Morris, Mona Simpson, Lisa St Aubin de Teran and Paul Theroux are among the contributors to this seductive collection of travel romances.

Table of Contents

  1. Prelude, from An Indian attachment /Sarah Lloyd
  2. Hot tin roof, from Summers with Juliet /Bill Roorbach
  3. New Cythera again /Christina Thompson
  4. In the restrooms of Europe /Tom Whalen
  5. Marriage proposal of an angel, from Off the rails /Lisa St. Aubin de Teran
  6. Lady and the Monk /Pico Iyer
  7. Piranha /Maureen Stanton
  8. One room in a castle /Karen Connelly
  9. Sweating profusely in Merida /Carol Queen
  10. Falling for Holden /Sean Condon
  11. Ramadan /Mona Simpson
  12. American woman in the Chinese hat /Carole Maso
  13. Frontiers of Heaven /Stanley Stewart
  14. Let's go /Emily Perkins
  15. Scenes from a long distance relationship /Peter Ho Davies
  16. Weather prophet /Lucretia Stewart
  17. Andre, from French lessons /Alice Kaplan
  18. End of the Bolster/Sara Wheeler
  19. from Nothing to declare /Mary Morris
  20. Words are deeds /Paul Theroux.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780864425294
Subtitle:
Travel
Editor:
De Kretser, Michelle
Editor:
de Kretser, Michelle
Author:
Michelle De Kretser
Publisher:
Lonely Planet
Location:
Melbourne
Subject:
Short Stories (Anthologies)
Subject:
Travel
Subject:
Essays & Travelogues
Subject:
Sex customs
Subject:
Voyages and travels
Subject:
Love stories
Subject:
Erotic stories
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Travel Literature
Series:
Lonely Planet Journeys Travel Literature
Series Volume:
k1495
Publication Date:
19980401
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
296
Dimensions:
197 x 128 mm

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Product details 296 pages Lonely Planet Publications - English 9780864425294 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , This collection of stories from 22 authors from around the world concerns travel romances. A tourist in Peru falls for her handsome guide; a writer explores the ambiguities of his relationship with a Japanese woman; and a beautiful Italian on a train proposes marriage.
"Synopsis" by , A tourist in Paris falls for her handsome guide; a writer explores the ambiguities of his relationship with a Japanese woman; a lonely man readers graffiti for a sign that he is not the only gay in an Australian resort. Love affairs on the road, passionate holiday flings, disastrous pick-ups, erotic encounters--this collection of stories by Paul Theroux, Mona Simpson, Pico Iyer, and 19 others covers the gamut of the genre.
"Synopsis" by , Pico lyer, Mary Morris, Mona Simpson, Lisa St Aubin de Teran and Paul Theroux are among the contributors to this seductive collection of travel romances.
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