Far and Away | Reviewed Book | Andrew Solomon

Oct 2016

Review Of: Far and Away By: Mini Kapoor

Published in: The Hindu

To Travel and To Report

Why do we, at a remove, hunger for the traveller’s stories?

Sep 2016

Review Of: Far and Away By: Tim Adams

Published in: The Observer

Far and Away: How Travel Can Change the World

All journalists believe that they trade in empathy, but only the best make empathy – the ability to see the world through other eyes – their defining quality.

Sep 2016

Review Of: Far and Away By: Caroline Moorehead

Published in: The Guardian

How Travel Makes You Modest

Stylish essays, written over 25 years of travel across seven continents, explore moments of transition and argue the importance of understanding the ‘other’.

Aug 2016

Review Of: Far and Away By: Tom Dusevic

Published in: The Australian

Andrew Solomon’s travels to trouble spots revisited in Far & Away

Solomon’s vivid dispatches are a gift to humanity.

Aug 2016

Review Of: Far and Away By: Clare Calvet

Published in: ABC Radio Australia

Audio: Clare Calvet’s Weekend Reads: Far & Away

Wonderfully written— filled with fierce compassion and insight.

Aug 2016

Review Of: Far and Away By: Sameer Rahim

Published in: Prospect

Books In Brief: Far & Away

If there is a unifying theme here, it is Solomon’s ability to make friends in difficult circumstances.

Aug 2016

Review Of: Far and Away By: Sue Halpern

Published in: Yale Alumni Magazine

Yale Alumni Magazine Reviews “Far & Away: Reporting from the Brink of Change”

Here you can see a curious mind in motion, and map Solomon’s intellectual journey as if each piece of writing were a GPS coordinate along an unfolding path of a life’s work.

Jun 2016

Review Of: Far and Away By: Gerard DeGroot

Published in: Washington Post

Traveling the world hoping to make a difference

This is an untidy book, but a great one.... Intense purposefulness is what makes this book extraordinary... This is a very noble book.

Jun 2016

Review Of: Far and Away By: Will Coldwell

Published in: The Guardian

The Guardian Chooses 10 of the Best New Travel Books

From assaults to kidnappings, celebrations to conflicts and journeys on ice-breakers and reindeer sleds, Solomon unites human history around the world through his intimate, personal accounts.

Jun 2016