In my mind's eye : a thought diary / Jan Morris.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2019Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First American editionDescription: 320 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781631495366
- 1631495364
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | Biography | Morris, J. M876 | Available | 33111009320223 |
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Selection
Riffing on cats and Brexit, the Royals and the annoyances of aging, the nonagenarian Jan Morris delights with her wickedly hilarious first-ever diary collection.
Celebrated as the "greatest descriptive writer of her time" (Rebecca West), Jan Morris has been dazzling readers since she burst on the scene with her on-the-spot reportage of the first ascent of Everest in 1953. Now, the beloved ninety-two-year-old, author of classics such as Venice and Trieste , embarks on an entirely new literary enterprise--a collection of daily diaries, penned over the course of a single year. Ranging widely from the idyllic confines of her North Wales home, Morris offers diverse sallies on her preferred form of exercises (walking briskly), her frustration at not recognizing a certain melody humming in her head (Beethoven's Pathétique, incidentally), her nostalgia for small-town America, as well as intimate glimpses into her home life.
With insightful quips on world issues, including Britain's "special relationship" with the United States and the #MeToo movement, In My Mind's Eye will charm old and new Jan Morris fans alike.
A collection of daily diaries, penned over the course of a single year, about the twenty-first century and the author's place in it.