Disclosure : This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.

Trieste & The Meaning of Nowhere

Winner of the 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award`s Outstanding Contribution to Travel WritingJan Morris (then James) first visited Trieste as a soldier at the end of the Second World War. Since then, the city has come to represent her own life, with all its hopes, disillusionments, loves and memories. Here, her thoughts on a host of subjects – ships, cities, cats, sex, nationalism, Jewishness, civility and kindness – are inspired by the presence of Trieste, and recorded in or between the lines of this book.Evoking the whole of its modern history, from its explosive growth to wealth and fame under the Habsburgs, through the years of Fascist rule to the miserable years of the Cold War, when rivalries among the great powers prevented its creation as a free city under United Nations auspices, Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere is neither a history nor a travel book; like the place, it is one of a kind.Jan Morris`s collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, Manhattan `45, A Writer`s World and the Pax Britannica Trilogy. Hav, her novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

Related Products:

Last Days in Old Europe: Trieste `79, Vienna `85, Prague `89 Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community and the Meaning of Generosity Trieste A Writer`s World Notre-Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals Trieste Global Map Street Plan The Meaning of Rice: And Other Tales from the Belly of Japan Running with the Pack: Thoughts From the Road on Meaning and Mortality The Meaning of Life All Kinds of Magic – One Man`s Search for Meaning Across the Modern World Admiralty Chart 204 – Sedmovrace to Trieste and Ravenna to Venezia Beyond the Footpath: An inspiring guide to walking mindfully to places of meaning The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself Italy: Friuli Venezia Giulia: Including Trieste, Udine, the Julian Alps and Carnia In My Mind`s Eye: A Thought Diary Admiralty Chart 1473 – Trieste and Approaches Imray Chart M24: Golfo di Trieste to Losinj and Rab The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities and Meaning of Table Manners Admiralty Chart 1461 – Gulf of Trieste and Approaches The Deeper Meaning Of Liff HR1 Trieste to Vodice A Gift from Bob: How a Street Cat Helped One Man Learn the Meaning of Christmas The Meaning of Birds Hitman Anders and the Meaning of it All Touba and the Meaning of Night Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life Conundrum The Best Women`s Travel Writing: True Stories from Around the World Coronation Everest Man`s Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust Default ThumbnailJan Morris: Around The World In Eighty Years Friuli-Venezia Giulia – Venice – Udine – Trieste K+F Regional Map 5 Manhattan `45 The Meaning of Science Spain Journeys Sydney Pilgrimage: Journeys of Meaning The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta Primorska – Trieste