The Secret Map
Travel Essays by Simon Slater
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“Cut off from direct experience, cut off from our own feelings and sometimes our own sensations, we are only too ready to adopt a viewpoint or perspective that is handed to us, and is not our own.” The first novels I ever read were by Michael Crichton. Jurassic Park, The Lost World and Congo transported my imagination…
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“Escape through travel works. Almost from the moment i boarded my flight, life in England became meaningless. Seat-belt signs lit up, problems switched off. Broken armrests took precedence over broken hearts. By the time the plane was airborne I’d forgotten England even existed.” Alex Garland’s 1996 debut novel became an instant favourite of…
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