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Check This Out: Sarah Brooks & 'The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands'

Alex Krook

We are delving into a fantasy, traveling on a grand express train from Beijing to Moscow by taking the shortest route possible - a route that runs through the magical Wastelands in Sarah Brook’s debut novel "The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands."

You basically sign your life away to get on board this train and the journey could drive you mad. But if survive it will be the thrill of a lifetime, the subject of stories for decades to come.

The novel and the train ride it describes are fantasy at its best, true magic.


Check this Out features lively conversations with up and coming authors, and serves as a platform for diverse voices and stories to be heard. NHPR and The Howe Library are proud to be able to bring these conversations into your homes and headphones.

Rachel Barenbaum is the author of the critically-acclaimed novels Atomic Anna and A Bend in the Stars. She is a prolific writer and reviewer. Her work has appeared in the LA Review of Books, Harper’s Bazaar, and more.
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