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Books Evocative of Place from Multcolib My Librarian Heather

Sometimes, the sense of place in a book is as important as the characters. You might remember more the feeling of being transported when you read than what actually happened and the world created might stick with you longer than the characters or plots.

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  • Exquisite sensuous novel that transports you to a beach in Australia.
    Book, 2023Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2023. — FICTION LUCAS 2023
  • Yes, it takes places in the Hotel Metropol, but it is a world unto itself.
    Book, 2016New York : Viking, [2016] — FICTION TOWLES 2016
  • While the central figure may jump around a bit, Chicago is a consistent in the story.
    Book, 2004Orlando [Florida] : Harcourt, 2004. — FICTION NIFFENEGG 2004
  • London. Highgate Cemetery. Two sets of twins. Possibly ghosts.
    Book, 2009New York : Scribner, 2009. — FICTION NIFFENEGG 2009
  • A love letter to Chicago, or any city that you happened to live in and really love.
    Book, 2016New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2016. — FICTION DOYLE 2016
  • Elizabeth von Arnim wrote this in the village of Portofino and her San Salvatore is the result. Beautiful, lush, Italian.
    Book, 2022London : Macmillan Collector's Library, [2022] — FICTION VONARNIM 2022
  • A small village nearby with a vicar, a crumbling castle---ah rural England.
    Book, 2003New York : St. Martin's Griffin, [2003?], ©1976. — FICTION SMITH