A Sense of Place by Michael Shapiro

A Sense of Place by Michael Shapiro

In A Sense of Place, journalist/travel writer Michael Shapiro goes on a pilgrimage to visit the world's great travel writers on their home turf to get their views on their careers, the writer's craft, and most importantly, why they chose to live where they do and what that place means to them. The book chronicles a young writer's conversations with his heroes, writers he's read for years who inspired him both to pack his bags to travel and to pick up a pen and write. Michael skillfully coaxes a collective portrait through his interviews, allowing the authors to speak intimately about the writer's life, and how place influences their work and perceptions. In each chapter Michael sets the scene by describing the writer's surroundings, placing the reader squarely in the locale, whether it be Simon Winchester's Massachusetts, Redmond O'Hanlon's London, or Frances Mayes's Tuscany. He then lets the writer speak about life and the world, and through quiet probing draws out fascinating commentary from these remarkable people. For Michael it's a dream come true, to meet his mentors; for readers, it's an engaging window onto the twin landscapes of great travel writers and the world in which they live.

Michael Shapiro, the editor, has published widely in the fields of linguistics, poetics, and semiotics. In the application of Peirce's theory of signs to language, his two Sense volumes - The Sense of Grammar and The Sense of Change - have been dubbed instant classics.

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ISBN 13	9781932361087
ISBN 10	1932361081
Title	A Sense of Place
Author	Michael Shapiro
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Travelers' Tales, Incorporated
Year published	2004-08-26
Number of pages	312
Prizes	Runner-up for IndieFab awards (Travel Essays) 2004, Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Travel Essays) 2005
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.