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Brief Encounters: Stories of Love, Sex & Travel
Love affairs on the road, passionate holiday romances, erotic encounters, lovers who meet only to part... In Brief Encounters , a tourist in Peru falls for her handsome guide; backpackers check out who's on offer in the nightclubs of Prague; a couple trawl for adventure in a Mexican bathhouse; a beautiful Italian proposes marriage to the foreigner he's just met... Twenty seductive stories for everyone who has dreamt of escape with that perfect stranger. The Authors
Sean Condon, Karen Connelly, Peter Ho Davies, Pico Iyer, Alice Kaplan, Sarah Lloyd, Carole Maso, Mary Morris, Emily Perkins, Carol Queen, Bill Roorbach, Mona Simpson, Lisa St Aubin de Terán, Maureen Stanton, Lucretia Stewart, Stanley Stewart, Paul Theroux, Christina Thompson, Tom Whalen, and Sara Wheeler.
Sean Condon, Karen Connelly, Peter Ho Davies, Pico Iyer, Alice Kaplan, Sarah Lloyd, Carole Maso, Mary Morris, Emily Perkins, Carol Queen, Bill Roorbach, Mona Simpson, Lisa St Aubin de Terán, Maureen Stanton, Lucretia Stewart, Stanley Stewart, Paul Theroux, Christina Thompson, Tom Whalen, and Sara Wheeler.
- GenresTravelNonfiction
296 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1998
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About the author
Michelle de Kretser
17 books323 followersMichelle de Kretser is an Australian novelist who was born in Sri Lanka but moved to Australia when she was 14.
She was educated in Melbourne and Paris, and published her first novel, 'The Rose Grower' in 1999. Her second novel, published in 2003, 'The Hamilton Case' was winner of the Tasmania Pacific Prize, the Encore Award (UK) and the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Southeast Asia and Pacific). 'The Lost Dog' was published in 2007. It was one of 13 books on the long list for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. From 1989 to 1992 she was a founding editor of the Australian Women's Book Review.
She was educated in Melbourne and Paris, and published her first novel, 'The Rose Grower' in 1999. Her second novel, published in 2003, 'The Hamilton Case' was winner of the Tasmania Pacific Prize, the Encore Award (UK) and the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Southeast Asia and Pacific). 'The Lost Dog' was published in 2007. It was one of 13 books on the long list for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. From 1989 to 1992 she was a founding editor of the Australian Women's Book Review.
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December 8, 2023
Umm… okay sure. Short stories, strange interactions. Glad I can finally put this one down.
February 29, 2008
Got this book only because there is a story in it by Karen Connelly (author of THE LIZARD CAGE, which I highly recommend.)Found the stories to be vacuous, but in all honesty,I didn't finish it. Maybe there was a gem or two that I missed but I didn't have the patience for the mining expedition.
Lonely Planet put out this book, I would imagine,in the hopes of inspiring folks to want to travel. Made me happy to be sitting quietly at home.
Lonely Planet put out this book, I would imagine,in the hopes of inspiring folks to want to travel. Made me happy to be sitting quietly at home.
July 8, 2013
I really had to force myself to finish this book. I cannot read any French. (there was some in there, without the translation.) I just found most of, if not all, the stories boring and almost pointless!
July 28, 2007
Fun - maybe true - essays on love, sex and travel. Could there be a better book for travel-reading?
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