Brief Encounters: stories of love, sex & travel

by Michelle De Kretser

Release Date: May, 1998

Edition: Paperback

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i WISH this book was about finding love and sex abroad

What it's really about however, is a collection of miniscule stories which all start out interestingly enough and just when the climax (of the story) is about to happen the story either abruptly ends or completely fast forwards to the boring end. Boy arrives in new city. Boy sees girl. Boy begins to talk to girl. Girl invites boy back to her place. The End. If a complete lack of details and an abrupt ending right at the most interesting part get you going, then you'll award this book a Pulitzer.

Motivation to buy a one-way ticket anywhere

Have you ever dreamt of finding yourself in a foreign land in the arms of a handsome or beautiful stranger? Or maybe you met someone and made a connection with this person but were afraid to let anything develop. This is your book. There are stories of pure lust, restrained passion, affairs that should have happened, ones that shouldn't have, and love gained and lost. These are the stories of 20 well-known travel authors giving an unique perspective of love in a foreign land. Reading this book gave me a vicarious experience of two things I want most out of life: to cover the globe, and to find love in the most unexpected places. I recommend it to anyone who values either.