"The travel book of the season."—Craig Seligman, New York Times Book Review
The first book to distill Jan Morris's entire body of work into one volume, The World is a magnum opus by the most-celebrated travel writer in the world. To read it is to take an epic armchair journey through the last half of twentieth-century history. A breathtakingly vivid guide to our greatest cosmopolitan cities and cultures from Manhattan to Venice and from Baghdad to Barbados, this book assembles fifty years of Morris's finest travel writing. With eyewitness accounts of such seminal moments as the first successful ascent of Everest, the Eichmann trial, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the handover of Hong Kong, The World promises to create an entirely new generation of Jan Morris readers. A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2003.Book Description
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Everyone who reads books treasures Jan Morris....a singular joy to readers. -- Alan Peter Ryan, Washington Post Book World
I don't think there's a writer alive who has Jan Morris's serenity or strength. -- Paul Theroux
Perhaps the best descriptive writer of our time. -- Rebecca West
I don't think there's a writer alive who has Jan Morris's serenity or strength. -- Paul Theroux
Perhaps the best descriptive writer of our time. -- Rebecca West
About the Author
Jan Morris, who has been writing about the world for fifty years, is the author of Coronation Everest, Venice, and Manhattan ’45, among many other books. She lives in Wales.
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This review is from: The World: Life and Travel 1950-2000 (Paperback)
I am half-way through Jan's beautiful book of narratives and absolutely loving it. I would reccommend this to anyone with an adventurous spirit and an appreciation for great writing. Jan captures the world in her magnificent prose and makes it look easy.
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New York, Hong Kong, San Francisco, South Africa, Los Angeles, United States, Cold War, West Point, Second World War, Central Park, British Empire, Tel Aviv, Soviet Union, Rolling Stone, United Nations, Addis Ababa, Middle East, Supreme Court, Franz Josef, Port Said, All Souls, The Alice, Adolf Eichmann, Drill Hall, Fifth Avenue New!
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New York, Hong Kong, San Francisco, South Africa, Los Angeles, United States, Cold War, West Point, Second World War, Central Park, British Empire, Tel Aviv, Soviet Union, Rolling Stone, United Nations, Addis Ababa, Middle East, Supreme Court, Franz Josef, Port Said, All Souls, The Alice, Adolf Eichmann, Drill Hall, Fifth Avenue New!
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- Morning Star (Silhouette Classics) by Kristin James in Front Matter
- The Washington Monument (Pull Ahead Books) by Kristin L. Nelson on page 408
- Last Letters from Hav by Jan Morris in Front Matter
- Coronation Everest by Jan Morris in Front Matter
- Rugby Grand Tour by Mark Porter on page 139
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