A Global Journey through Literature
This website charts my journey on a
Round the World trip through
literature... which
started May 22nd 2009.
I am travelling the globe through contemporary literature (fiction and narrative non-fiction), having started in London, England. See the links below for my planned route:
A list of destinations that I have visited and am currently visiting
A list of planned future
destinations on my trip
To read my reviews of places visited to date, see my blog at: http://readingtheworld-webspinner.blogspot.com/
In the above sections you will find links to information about the countries that I have visited and am planning to visit as well as critical reviews of the books that I am using to represent these nations, along with details of the authors and publication dates. I have mapped out a travel list of well over 270 countries to visit...
Just so you know, my constraints are:
1) Book must be fiction or narrative non-fiction - i.e. not a Lonely Planet-type Travel Guide - written by a native-born author (or a suitable non-native author where necessary) and set in the country of origin;
2) Ideally, books should not have been written, or be set, any earlier than 1990;
3) Books must be translated into English (or French, at a push...);
4) Travel from one country / continent to another must be realistic (i.e. from one neighbouring country to another - such as France to Spain - or between landmasses which have an actual air/shipping route - e.g. Australia to Antarctica to Argentina:- a planned part of my trip much later on);
5) Books must be reasonably representative of the country - with a certain degree of cultural / social representation etc - even if this is as a background to a wider plot... what I am after is a sense of the country in question in recent times...
Any further comments / suggestions more than welcome at:
Thank you for visiting!
