Hav: Last Letters from Hav of the Myrmidons Contributor(s): Morris, Jan (Author), Le Guin, Ursula K. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1590174496 ISBN-13: 9781590174494 Publisher: New York Review of Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2011 Click for more in this series: New York Review Books Classics |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Alternative History - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2011028970 |
Series: New York Review Books Classics |
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.06" W x 8.05" L (0.71 lbs) 320 pages |
Features: Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/18/2011 |
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Publisher Description: A New York Review Books Original Hav is like no place on earth. Rumored to be the site of Troy, captured during the crusades and recaptured by Saladin, visited by Tolstoy, Hitler, Grace Kelly, and Princess Diana, this Mediterranean city-state is home to several architectural marvels and an annual rooftop race that is a feat of athleticism and insanity. As Jan Morris guides us through the corridors and quarters of Hav, we hear the mingling of Italian, Russian, and Arabic in its markets, delight in its famous snow raspberries, and meet the denizens of its casinos and caf s. When Morris published Last Letters from Hav in 1985, it was short-listed for the Booker Prize. Here it is joined by Hav of the Myrmidons, a sequel that brings the story up-to-date. Twenty-first-century Hav is nearly unrecognizable. Sanitized and monetized, it is ruled by a group of fanatics who have rewritten its history to reflect their own blinkered view of the past. Morris's only novel is dazzlingly sui-generis, part erudite travel memoir, part speculative fiction, part cautionary political tale. It transports the reader to an extraordinary place that never was, but could well be. |
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