Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere - by Jan Morris (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The Italian city of Trieste on the Adriatic has always tantalized the author. After visiting Trieste for more than half a century, she has come to see it as a touchstone for her interests and preoccupations. This lyrical travelogue is also superb cultural history and the culmination of a singular career.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A book for lovers of all things Italian -- an homage to the city of Trieste</b>. <p/> 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. <p/> A lyrical travelogue, <i>Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere</i> is also superb cultural history and the culmination of a singular career -- an elegant and bittersweet farewell (<i>Boston Globe</i>).<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Jan Morris</b> has written more than thirty books of travel, history, and autobiography, including <i>Manhattan 1945</i> and <i>The World of Venice</i>. Her novel <i>Last Letters from Hav</i> was a finalist for the Booker Prize. She lives in Wales.
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