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Informationen zum Autor Jan Morris was born in 1926 of a Welsh father and an English mother. She spent the last years of her life with her partner Elizabeth Morris in the top left-hand corner of Wales, between the mountains and the sea. Her books include Coronation Everest , Venice , the Pax Britannica trilogy and Conundrum . She was also the author of six books about cities and countries, two autobiographical books, several volumes of collected travel essays and the unclassifiable Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere . She was recognized in 2018 for her outstanding contribution to travel writing by the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards. In the same year, In My Mind's Eye: A Thought Diary was published. It was followed by a second volume of diaries, Thinking Again, in 2020, and then her posthumously published final book, Allegorizings, in 2021. Klappentext Renowned and much-loved travel writer Jan Morris turns her eye to Sydney: 'not the best of the cities the British Empire created ... Few writers - a handful of novelists apart - have got so far under the city's skin as Morris . Sydney is Jan Morris's fascinating guide to the history, people and geography of Sydney, elegantly written with the skill and knowledge of Britain's greatest living travel writer. Zusammenfassung Renowned and much-loved travel writer Jan Morris turns her eye to Sydney: 'not the best of the cities the British Empire created ... but the most hyperbolic, the youngest at heart, the shiniest.' Sydney takes us on the city's journey from penal colony to world-class metropolis, as lively and charming as the city it describes. With characteristic exuberance and sparkling prose, Jan Morris guides us through the history, people and geography of a fascinating and colourful city. Jan Morris's collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as Venice, 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. 'Sydney should be flattered. A great portrait painter has chosen it for her recent subject . . . Few writers - a handful of novelists apart - have got so far under the city's skin as Morris . . . Few Sydneysiders could match her knowledge of their city's history and its anecdotes' The Times ' The writing is, at times, like surfing: sentences rise like vast waves above which she rides, never overbalancing into gush . . . Jan Morris convincingly explains modern Sydney through its history' Observer ...

Produktdetails

Autoren Jan Morris
Verlag Faber & Faber
 
Sprache Englisch
Produktform Taschenbuch
Erschienen 02.09.2010
 
EAN 9780571241798
ISBN 978-0-571-24179-8
Seiten 272
Abmessung 130 mm x 17 mm x 200 mm
Themen Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte
Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges

TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Australia, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, Travel & holiday, Travel and holiday

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