The Turk Who Loved Apples: And Other Tales of Losing My Way Around the World

While writing his celebrated Frugal Traveler column for the New York Times, Matt Gross began to feel hemmed in by its focus on what he thought of as "traveling on the cheap at all costs." When his editor offered him the opportunity to do something less structured, the Getting Lost series was born, and Gross began a more immersive form of travel that allowed him to "lose his way all over the globe"--from developing-world megalopolises to venerable European capitals, from American sprawl to Asian archipelagos. And that's what the never-before-published material in The Turk Who Loved Apples is all about: breaking free of the constraints of modern travel and letting the place itself guide you. It's a variety of travel you'll love to experience vicariously through Matt Gross--and maybe even be inspired to try for yourself.

Author: Matt Gross
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 04/23/2013
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780306821158

Review Citation(s):
Foreword 02/26/2013
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2013
Publishers Weekly 05/20/2013
New York Times Book Review 06/02/2013 pg. 25

About the Author
Matt Gross has written nearly 200 articles for the New York Times Travel section. He lives in Brooklyn.