Review of: Far and AwayPublished in: New York Times
Some 30 travel pieces, in prose sparkling with insight, describe “places in the throes of transformation.”
Nov 2016
Some 30 travel pieces, in prose sparkling with insight, describe “places in the throes of transformation.”
Nov 2016
I was reading the introduction to this book while Theresa May was telling the Tory Party conference: “If you believe you’re a citizen of the world, you’re a citizen of nowhere.” Andrew Solomon would argue otherwise.
Nov 2016
Resilience, hope, flux: Solomon has an outsider’s eagle eye. A dazzling volume.
Oct 2016
A collection of dispatches from countries in flux is alert to the differences between tourism and travel.
Oct 2016
Far & Away is literary journalism at its crackling best.
Oct 2016
With the rising tide of xenophobia around the globe, his warning of the dangers of “circling the wagons” is timely.
Oct 2016
Why do we, at a remove, hunger for the traveller’s stories?
Sep 2016
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
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
Solomon’s vivid dispatches are a gift to humanity.