Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere

A book for lovers of all things Italian -- an homage to the city of Trieste.

This history-drenched city on the Adriatic has always tantalized Jan Morris with its moodiness and changeability. After visiting Trieste for more than half a century, she has come to see it as a touchstone for her interests and preoccupations: cities, seas, empires. It has even come to reflect her own life in its loves, disillusionments, and memories. Her meditation on Trieste is characteristically layered with history and glows with stories of famous visitors from James Joyce to Sigmund Freud.

A lyrical travelogue, Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere is also superb cultural history and the culmination of a singular career -- an elegant and bittersweet farewell (Boston Globe).

Author: Jan Morris
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 09/05/2002
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.49w x 0.99d
ISBN13: 9780306811807
ISBN10: 0306811804
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
- Travel | Europe | Italy
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs

About the Author
Jan Morris has written more than thirty books of travel, history, and autobiography, including Manhattan 1945 and The World of Venice. Her novel Last Letters from Hav was a finalist for the Booker Prize. She lives in Wales.