{"product_id":"trieste-3","title":"Trieste","description":"\u003cp\u003eJan 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvoking 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, \u003ci\u003eTrieste and the Meaning of Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e is neither a history nor a travel book; like the place, it is one of a kind. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Jan Morris's collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as \u003ci\u003eVenice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCoronation Everest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHong Kong\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eManhattan '45,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Writer's World \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e Pax Britannica Trilogy.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHav\u003c\/i\u003e, her novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254478655832,"sku":"9780571204687","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571204687.jpg?v=1764497729","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/trieste-3","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}