Contact!: A Book of Glimpses
Author(s): Jan Morris
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.
Product Information
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
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- : Faber and Faber
- : Faber and Faber
- : 0.172
- : October 2010
- : 198mm X 126mm X 13mm
- : United Kingdom
- : November 2010
- : books
Special Fields
- : 208
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Jan Morris