Last Letters From Hav
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Dust jacket present, slightly worn/faded at edges with minor rubbing. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact, no loose pages.
A singular work of imaginative fiction and travel writing, Last Letters from Hav chronicles the journey of a narrator visiting Hav, a mysterious and invented city-state perched somewhere on the Mediterranean coast. Jan Morris constructs a richly layered world steeped in myth, history, and geopolitical intrigue, drawing on decades of real-world travel writing to render Hav with extraordinary authenticity and sensory detail. The tone is elegant and wistful, blending the conventions of the literary travel memoir with speculative fiction to produce something wholly unique. Morris presents a civilisation at once timeless and on the cusp of irreversible change, peopled by eccentric characters and shadowed by the weight of empire and memory. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1985, Last Letters from Hav stands as one of the most inventive and beguiling works of 20th-century British literature.
Author: Jan Morris
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Random House
Genre: Fiction
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Dust jacket present, slightly worn/faded at edges with minor rubbing. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact, no loose pages.
A singular work of imaginative fiction and travel writing, Last Letters from Hav chronicles the journey of a narrator visiting Hav, a mysterious and invented city-state perched somewhere on the Mediterranean coast. Jan Morris constructs a richly layered world steeped in myth, history, and geopolitical intrigue, drawing on decades of real-world travel writing to render Hav with extraordinary authenticity and sensory detail. The tone is elegant and wistful, blending the conventions of the literary travel memoir with speculative fiction to produce something wholly unique. Morris presents a civilisation at once timeless and on the cusp of irreversible change, peopled by eccentric characters and shadowed by the weight of empire and memory. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1985, Last Letters from Hav stands as one of the most inventive and beguiling works of 20th-century British literature.