Books by Tobias Jones
The Po: An Elegy for Italy's Longest River
by Tobias Jones
☆ Shortlisted for the 2023 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Travel Book of the Year
The Po, Italy's longest river, is drying up. It's a tragedy both ecologically and culturally, given the powerful symbolism afforded the water body; to paraphrase Guido Ceronetti, to understand the Po is to understand Italy. At barely more than 400-miles long, Jones's journey down its banks by boat, bicycle, and train may be only minimally intrepid, but the route takes in historic cities, industrial heartlands, and generally serves as a cross-section of the nation. The Times Literary Supplement described it as "a delightful book that is part history, part travel, part a picture of contemporary Italy." To get a flavour of the book, this essay by the author in The Guardian offers a good introduction.
Interviews where books by Tobias Jones were recommended
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In The Shadow of the Mountain
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High: A Journey Across the Himalaya, Through Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal, and China
by Erika Fatland, translated by Kari Dickson -
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Crossed Off the Map: Travels in Bolivia
by Shafik Meghji -
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The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East
by Rebecca Lowe -
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The Po: An Elegy for Italy's Longest River
by Tobias Jones
The Best Travel Books of 2023: The Stanford Travel Writing Awards, recommended by Cal Flyn
The Best Travel Books of 2023: The Stanford Travel Writing Awards, recommended by Cal Flyn
Every year, Stanfords, the best travel bookshop in the world (in our view), sponsors the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, with travel writers and journalists judging the best travel book in a number of categories. Here Cal Flyn, our deputy editor, takes us through the eight books shortlisted for the 2023 ‘Travel Book of the Year’ award, taking us from Bolivia to Singapore via Europe, the Middle East and the top of Mt. Everest.
