Lonely Planet Better Than Fiction 2

From Lonely Planet, the worlds leading travel guide publisher, Better Than Fiction 2, the follow-up to 2012s Better Than Fiction, is a second serving of true travel stories told by some of the worlds best fiction writers including Dave Eggers, Jane Smiley and Karen Joy Fowler.

Varied in place, plot and voice, these are stirring and evocative pieces that all share one common characteristicthey manifest a passion for the precious gift of travel, from its unexpected but inevitably enriching lessons about other peoples and places, to the truths, sometimes uncomfortable but always enlarging, it reveals about ourselves.

By turns comic, dramatic, and moving from Francine Proses confrontation of the mysteries of India to DBC Pierres search for Hemingways muse in Italy these 30 short tales reveal the joys, perils, and surprises of travel, and that truth can often be stranger (and better) than fiction.