A House Somewhere: Tales of Life Abroad

A House Somewhere: Tales of Life Abroad
by Isabel Allende

A House Somewhere:  Tales of Life Abroad
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Author: Isabel Allende
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-12-01
ISBN: 1740594193
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications

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Book Review: Embracing the overseas living experience
Summary: 5 Stars

This compendium of travel stories provides essays by Isabel Allende, Jan Morris, and more notable travel writers and provides an unusual focus on experiences of living abroad. Essays range from the humorous to the observation of cultural differences as they provide both entertaining and enlightening autobiographies embracing the overseas living experience. A House Somewhere is perfect as a leisure literary pursuit and highly recommended for the traveler who contemplates residency in another country.

Summary of A House Somewhere: Tales of Life Abroad

We'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.

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