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"A touching love-letter, not to an Invisible City but to life itself" (The Independent) Enchanting travel novellas of a fictional Mediterranean city, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, now with a... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0571229832
ISBN13:9780571229833
Release Date:January 2006
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:8.8" x 1.1" x 5.7"
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Wonderful combination of fiction and travel narrative
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
A travel book about a fictional city-state: what a fabulous conceit. Jan Morris handles it well, filling the book with details of the city -- its odd mishmash of cultural influences, its people, its architecture -- that made me wish I could visit. The pretense at many famous figures' involvement with Hav adds to the entertainment. And then the tragic changes, a city becoming more uniform and false, tourists remaining on one glitzy island away from the remains of the real city. I mourned for the destroyed Arab buildings and Chinese tower, though it pleased me to know that other people fear homogeneity. Overall, Hav is a fascinating book and well worth a read: a marvellous combination of fiction and travel narrative.
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