A Writer's House in Wales - (National Geographic Directions) by Jan Morris (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Through an exploration of her country home in Wales, acclaimed travel writer Morris discovers the heart of her fascinating country and what it means to be Welsh.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Through an exploration of her country home in Wales, acclaimed travel writer Jan Morris discovers the heart of her fascinating country and what it means to be Welsh. Trefan Morys, Morris's home between the sea and mountains of the remote northwest corner of Wales, is the 18th-century stable block of her former family house nearby. Surrounding it are the fields and outbuildings, the mud, sheep, and cattle of a working Welsh farm. <p/>She regards this modest building not only as a reflection of herself and her life, but also as epitomizing the small and complex country of Wales, which has defied the world for centuries to preserve its own identity. Morris brilliantly meditates on the beams and stone walls of the house, its jumbled contents, its sounds and smells, its memories and inhabitants, and finally discovers the profoundest meanings of Welshness.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Journalist, historian, and travel writer, Jan Morris is the renowned author of more than forty books. Her work ranges from such classics as <i>Pax Britannica, The World of Venice, Hong Kong, </i>and <i>The Matter of Wales</i> to the masterly essays published in <i>Journeys, Destinations, </i>and <i>Among the Cities. </i>She has also written a novel, <i>Last Letters from Hav. </i>An Honorary Litt.D. of the University of Wales and Glamorgan, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), she lives in Wales.
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