With summer vacation right around the corner, you're probably thinking of books that properly suit the places you're going. (We forbid you from reading a Scandinavian thriller on a tropical beach). Here, 9 ideas to get you started.
The Real-Life Settings of 9 Famous Novels
Travel the world without leaving your kindle
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Published Jun 9, 2015
"the Shadow Of The Wind" By Carlos Ruis Zafron: Barcelona, Spain
This gripping novel about a young bookworm takes place in the serpentine streets of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter.
"disgrace" By J.m Cotzee: Cape Town, South Africa
Winner of the Booker Prize, this J.M Cotzee’s novel set in Cape Town paints an eye-opening picture of race relations and social order in Post-Apartheid South Africa.
"state Of Wonder" By Anne Patchett: Amazon, Brazil
Follow Dr. Marina Singh on a research assignment that sends her into to the Heart of Darkness: an isolated outpost in the Brazilian Amazon. Think, rivers crawling with snakes, dense jungles and creepy-crawly insects of every shape and size.
"the God Of Small Things" By Arundhati Roy: Rural India
Roy’s breakout novel is set in the South Indian, rural village of Aymanam in the years when a firm caste system and steadfast Hindu traditions ruled Indian society.
"the Kite Runner" By Khaleed Hosseini: Kabul, Afghanistan
Let Hosseini be your tour guide through Kabul, a city which was once wealthy, Western-leaning and cosmopolitan before the days of Taliban rule.
"wuthering Heights" By Emily Bronte: Yorkshire, England
Two words: The Moors.
1000 Lonely Places
"to The Lighthouse" By Virginia Woolf: Skye, Scotland
This picturesque Isle is the setting of Woolf’s classic stream-of-consciousness novel. Idyllic seaside cottages and jutting cliffs galore.
"let The Great World Spin" By Colum Mccann- New York, Ny
1970’s New York is the star of this wildly inventive novel about the real French acrobat who walked on a wire suspended between the Twin Towers.
"ulysses" By James Joyce- Dublin, Ireland
800 pages of mildly comprehensible Dublin, Baby. (Cliff’s notes are acceptable.)
