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Start giftingTravel Writing
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Learn morePete Ferry teaches high school English in the wealthy suburb of Lake Forest outside of Chicago and moonlights as a travel writer. On his way home after work one evening, he witnesses a car accident that kills a beautiful woman named Lisa Kim. But was it an accident? Could Pete have prevented it? And did it actually happen, or is this just an elaborate tale he concocts to impart the power of story to his students? Why can’t he stop thinking about Lisa Kim? And what might his obsession with her mean to his relationship with his girlfriend, Lydia?
With humor, tenderness, and suspense, Travel Writing takes readers on fascinating journeys, both geographical and psychological, as it delves into the notion that the line between fact and fiction is often negotiable.
Peter Ferry is a teacher, writer, and editor. He has written textbooks for Rand McNally and travel pieces for the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. His short stories have appeared in the New Review of Literature and McSweeney’s, and he has won the Illinois Arts Council Literary Award for Short Fiction. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.
Anthony Heald, an Audie Award–winning narrator, has earned Tony nominations and an Obie Award for his theater work; appeared in television’s Law & Order, The X-Files, Miami Vice, and Boston Public; and starred as Dr. Frederick Chilton in the 1991 Oscar-winning film The Silence of the Lambs. Heald has also won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards. He lives in Ashland, Oregon, with his family.
Reviews
“Imagination and literal truth collide intriguingly in this Chinese-box puzzle…This is a witty novel about its own provenance, an exploration of the ambiguous ways in which the writer’s imagination works…Novel or not-novel, it’s one hell of a fictional debut.”
“Assertions that all the world’s stories have been told are challenged in this unique novel, one which examines storytelling itself…As the voice of Pete, Anthony Heald is the epitome of an eloquent everyman. Heald shifts his tone seamlessly as he captures all the variations on the ‘travel writing’ of the title with a confident, capable performance. Part personal (and, of course, literal) exploration, part murder mystery, and part metaphysical examination of writing itself—this novel and Heald’s delivery of it are certainly worth the trip.”
“Ferry’s undeniably clever debut novel, full of metafictional razzle-dazzle…Listeners with a taste for fiction about fiction will find ample rewards…If you buy strictly on merit, though, go for it.”
“A winning first novel…Ferry’s prose is so entrancing, his mild-mannered yet covertly audacious hero is so compelling, there is nothing intrusive or pretentious about this metafiction setup…A mordently funny and diabolically smart novel of happenstance and responsibility.”
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