The Literary Traveler: An Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction

by Larry Dark (Editor), William Maxwell (Contributor), Diane Johnson (Contributor)

A collection of nineteen stories brings together the works of Paul Theroux, Sue Miller, Alice Munro, William Trevor, and others, and follows a theme about new places and perspectives as brought on by travel. By the compiler of The Literary Lover. 15,000 first printing.

Genres: Fiction, Travel, Short Stories

368 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Ronald Wise]

A collection of nineteen short stories about travel, in most of which the travelers were more interesting than the road traveled. My favorites were: “Delirium Eclipse” by James Lasdun; “Hold Me Fast, Don’t Let Me Pass” by Alice Munro; “Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some People” by Lorrie Moore; “Virgin of Tenderness” by Kate Braverman; and “Succor” by Allen Barnett.

[Christy]

Fay Weldon's grim story and Paul Bowles' memoir the only things of note. Since just about every tale was concerned with sexual or sexually charged encounters between tourists, a lot of possible richness lost.

[d4]

Rather solid collection of stories. (I'm too pressed for time to even attempt to decently review this.)