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"Jan Morris, one of 'Britain's greatest living writers' (Times, UK), returns with this whimsical yet deeply affecting volume on life as a redoubtable nonagenarian. The irrepressible Jan Morris-author of such classics as Venice and Trieste-is at it again: offering a vibrant set of reminiscences that remind us 'what a good, wise and witty companion Jan Morris has been for so many readers for so long' (Alexander McCall Smith, New York Times Book Review). 'Like Michel de Montaigne' (Danny Heitman, Wall Street Journal), Morris waxes on the ironies of modern life in all their resonant glories and…
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3 editions- Other · English · 2021Faber & Faber, Limited · 336 pages · 9780571357666
- Other · English · 2021Liveright Publishing Corporation · 224 pages · 9781631496929
- Other · English · 2020Faber & Faber, Limited · 224 pages · 9780571357659
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