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Trieste And The Meaning Of Nowhere

Jan Morris

A book for lovers of all things Italian -- an homage to the city of Trieste.

This history-drenched city on the Adriatic has always tantalized Jan Morris with its moodiness and changeability. After visiting Trieste for more than half a century she has come to see it as a touchstone for her interests and preoccupations: cities seas empires. It has even come to reflect her own life in its loves disillusionments and memories. Her meditation on Trieste is characteristically layered with history and glows with stories of famous visitors from James Joyce to Sigmund Freud.

A lyrical travelogue Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere is also superb cultural history and the culmination of a singular career -- "an elegant and bittersweet farewell" (Boston Globe).>

  • Classification : General Non-Fiction
  • Pub Date : SEP 5, 2002
  • Imprint : Perseus Books
  • Page Extent : 208
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780306811807
  • Price : INR 1,140
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Jan Morris

Jan Morris has written more than thirty books of travel history and autobiography including Manhattan 1945 and The World of Venice. Her novel Last Letters from Hav was a finalist for the Booker Prize. She lives in Wales.

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