Contact!: A Book of Glimpses

Author(s): Jan Morris

Travel

In "Contact!" Jan turns her brilliantly observant eye to the human contacts she made, across the globe and though the decades. As a series of vignettes, some only a few lines long, she records hundreds of brief glimpses and fleeting encounters, celebrating the people who helped spark her view of the world and mould her responses. A vast range of human experience is here: most are anonymous, everyday encounters - children playing, a homeless man in Manhattan, a lascivious taxi-driver - but she also remembers celebrated figures, from Yves San Laurent to King Hussein of Jordan, President Truman to Peter OToole. "Contact!" is a must for any fans of Jan's writing. Her great sense of amusement, shrewd eye for detail and huge enthusiasm for her contacts makes these episodes incredibly enjoyable - and often profound.

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Jan Morris has been a travel writer for over half a century, known for her ability to perfectly capture places and atmospheres. But what about the many people she has encountered along the way?

General Fields

  • : 9780571250684
  • : Faber & Faber, Limited
  • : Faber and Faber
  • : 0.325
  • : November 2009
  • : 222mm X 145mm X 20mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 208
  • : 1
  • : Hardback
  • : Jan Morris