Summer vacation time is well behind us, but that doesn't mean we aren't allowed to wander off to new, wild places. We have outlined 10 trips that do not include a plane ticket. We are talking about books that take you far from everything that is here and that we know.
Here is 10 exciting reads, which will make you forget that you are still lying on the couch.
1. Pam Houston, Contents May Have Shifted
Sometimes reinventing yourself and finding your identity simply means traveling. Follow Pam (protagonist) v Kingdom of Bhutan, Spain, Argentina and throughout the Americas, where he leaves behind his metaphorical baggage once and for all.
2. Maria Semple, Where'd You Go Bernadette
The true story of eccentric woman, which disappears. Her daughter and best friend, Bee, is determined to find out what happened to her and what or who pushed her over the edge.
3. Neil Gaiman, American Gods (American Gods)
If you love mythology, you will probably love this book too. The modern version of international mythology (Greek, African, American, etc.) is about what happens when the old gods (Odin, Anansi, etc.) are threatened new gods (internet, television, media, etc.). You will travel with them through the magical parts of America.
4. Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
Middlesex is the story of Calliope Stephanides, a hermaphrodite, who fears rejection from his family. When they discover that he is both male and female, Calliope embarks on a dangerous path of self-discovery. The book also focuses on three generations of a Greek-American family. The book is beautiful, funny, exciting and sad all at the same time, so expect some tears at the end.
5. Carolyn Forche, The Country Between Us
Carolyn Forche, journalist who lives in El Salvador, it says poems about the country and political unrest. The violence, as well as Carolyn's experiences, are conveyed in beautiful poems full of incredible images and ugliness with honest beauty.
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6. Dave Eggers, You Shall Know Our Velocity!
You will travel with the protagonists Hand and Will, who are trying to get rid of 32 thousand US dollars from country to country. Egger's prose is non-linear, eccentric and very confident, so you are take some time and really enjoy the story.
7. Yann Martel, Life of Pi
If you've seen the movie, you'll know this book too. And yet, it is still worth embarking on an incredible and worthwhile literary journey. Life of Pi follows Pi Patel, a boy from Pondicherry who has to spend many days in the open sea with animals from his father's zoo. Spirituality and ideology add multidimensionality and ethereality to the story.
8. Jennifer Egan, Emerald City
You will travel to China, to Kenya and Bora Bora, when you read Emerald City, a book of short stories that focus on identity, humanity, teenage anxieties, and self-love. Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize winner, brings strange, funny and "cool" stories that will stay with you forever.
9. Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
A story set in Paris and then to Spain, follows Jake Barnes and Brett Ashley as they drink and party their way out of disillusionment and depression after the First World War. Their relationship is complex and each character wears their flaws like fur coats.
10. Mira Jacob, The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing
The story is set in India, New Mexico and Seattle and follows Thomas Eapen, a man struggling with reality, and Amina Eapen, a photographer who has forgotten her passions. The story is anything but simple or one-dimensional - it focuses on family secrets that drive them apart.
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