I took a picture of my copy. I like the American cover best, partly because I know where to stand to get this shot of Tjornin.
People read travel stories about places they have never been in order to vicariously experience a trip they could never take themselves. Or they read as a form of research for trips to places they might someday go. I’m not sure if it is as common to read travel books about places you have already been, but I like to do it. It’s a weird combination of vicarious adventure, excitement over shared experience, and the alternate schadenfreude over the author’s mistakes and embarrassment at the reader’s own. Read More