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020 _a9781740594196
024 _a52819687
050 _aPN453
082 _a808.8032
100 1 _aLonely Planet
245 1 _aA House Somewhere
260 _bLonely Planet Publications
300 _a256 pages
520 _aWe've all dreamt of escaping to a House Somewhere. In this collection some of the finest names in contemporary travel writing reveal the perils and pleasures of exchanging the familiar for the foreign.Isabel Allende discovers love and paradise in California, Pico Iyer finds home in Japan amidst the alien and indecipherable, and a dank barge on the Seine opens up a new side of Paris for Mort Rosenblum.Revealing the flip side to the dream, relocating to the juicy heart of New York proves fiery for Lily Brett, Chris Stewart is frightened for his life in Andalucia, and the plumbing in William Dalrymple's rooftop Delhi flat is held to ransom by his water-conserving landlady.
650 _aGeography & Travel
999 _c2027
_d2027