The Accidental Tourist | Essays and Criticism
- Traditional and Nontraditional Roles of the Female Characters in The Accidental Tourist
In the following essay, the author examines the traditional and nontraditional roles of the female characters in The Accidental Tourist.
- Life Is a Foreign Country
In the following excerpt, McMurtry discusses the way in which Tyler reintroduces her customary themes of sibling bonding and the hapless male protagonist in The Accidental Tourist.
- Anne Tyler's Family Circles
In the following excerpt, Yardley praises The Accidental Tourist for its many exceptional qualities, describing it as a moving, deeply significant novel.

