White Sands is a collection of mostly travel pieces by Geoff Dyer; they have been published in different forms in magazines such as Harpers, Granta, and The New Yorker. Some concern visits to the great Land Art works in the US - he visits Lightning Field and Spiral Jetty, and also Tahiti, Beijing and Svalbard among others. These essays do reveal more of Geoff Dyer himself than others I've read, he seems more vulnerable and human than usual, they are a little more personal, about him as well as what he's seeing or where he is. The title piece, White Sands, is particularly dramatic. He and his wife were driving towards El Paso having visited White Sands, when they pick up a hitchhiker. After a short time, they pass a sign advising motorists to not pick up hitchhikers in the area. What follows is both tense, real, and funny.
I enjoyed these essays, as I always enjoy his writing. I bought the US edition, which is a very beautiful hardback, although there is a paperback from Text also available.