| The Accidental Tourist Contributor(s): Tyler, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345452003 ISBN-13: 9780345452009 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2002 Annotation: "POIGNANT . . . FUNNY . . . "THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST IS ONE OF HER BEST. . . . [TYLER] HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER." -"The New York Times Macon Leary is a travel writer who hates both travel and anything out of the ordinary. He is grounded by loneliness and an unwillingness to compromise his creature comforts when he meets Muriel, a deliciously peculiar dog-obedience trainer who up-ends Macon's insular world-and thrusts him headlong into a remarkable engagement with life. "BITTERSWEET . . . EVOCATIVE . . . It's easy to forget this is the warm lull of fiction; you half-expect to run into her characters at the dry cleaners . . . Tyler [is] a writer of great compassion." -"The "Boston Globe "Tyler has given us an endlessly diverting book whose strength gathers gradually to become a genuinely thrilling one." -"Los Angeles Times "A DELIGHT . . . A GRACEFUL COMIC NOVEL ABOUT GETTING THROUGH LIFE." -"The Wall Street Journal |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002090731 |
| Lexile Measure: 890 |
| Series: Ballantine Reader's Circle |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.56" W x 8.22" (0.64 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Maryland - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this irresistible #1 New York Times best-selling novel, Anne Tyler explores the slippery alchemy of attracting opposites, and the struggle to rebuild one's life after unspeakable tragedy. Travel writer Macon Leary hates travel, adventure, surprises, and anything outside of his routine. Immobilized by grief, Macon is becoming increasingly prickly and alone, anchored by his solitude and an unwillingness to compromise his creature comforts. Then he meets Muriel, an eccentric dog trainer too optimistic to let Macon disappear into himself. Despite Macon's best efforts to remain insulated, Muriel up-ends his solitary, systemized life, catapulting him into the center of a messy, beautiful love story he never imagined. A fresh and timeless tale of unexpected bliss, The Accidental Tourist showcases Tyler's talents for making characters--and their relationships--feel both real and magical. "Incandescent, heartbreaking, exhilarating...One cannot reasonably expect fiction to be much better than this." --The Washington Post Look for Clock Dance, the charming new novel from Anne Tyler, available now. |