Sunday 18 March 2012

Books for travelling.

All my travels are accompanied by books. Here are my top 5 fiction books relating to countries I have visited (in alphabetical order).

Afghanistan - The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini

Burma - The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

Egypt - The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif

India - A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

Sri Lanka - Brixton Beach by Roma Tearne


1 comment:

Unknown said...

I see I have to read The Glass Palace! :-) Have you read The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason? I read it after coming from Myanmar. I'm so glad you visited the country and that you did not miss Mingun.