Mapping fictional travels across the world of literature.
Literary Journeys by John McMurtrie has brought to life some of the most significant, exciting, dangerous, tragic, and uplifting journeys ever written about from the comforts and confines of our homes.
The journey has long been an archetypal story from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales to Cervante’s Don Quixote. The genre’s inherent escapism has been the perfect vehicle for fuelling dreams of being outlaws and romantics, taking us outside our lives and across the world.
Entries included in this book have been “written by more than fifty contributors and critics, who share with the reader insights about their chosen novel that have enriched their reading”.
Literary Journeys will take you on the most important journeys in literature over eight centuries and across over 30 countries.
John McMurtrie is an editor for McSweeney’s Publishing. He was the book editor of the San Francisco Chronicle from 2008 to 2019. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and Literary Hub.
Literary Journeys by John McMurtrie comes out on the 29th of October, 2024.
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