Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere - Rilegato

Morris, Jan

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0571204430 ISBN 13: 9780571204434

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2001

Riassunto

Jan 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.

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. FLATSIGNED by the author.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 194 pages; Physical desc. : 194 p. : illus. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Morris, Jan, (1926- )- Travel - Italy - Trieste. Trieste (Italy) - Description and travel. Trieste (Italy) - History. Summary: Evoking the whole of Trieste's 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.

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• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0571204430
• ISBN 13: 9780571204434
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 208