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Destinations: Essays from Rolling Stone: 677 (Galaxy Books) Paperback – Illustrated, 3 Nov. 1983

by Jan Morris (Author)

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In these essays which originally appeared in Rolling Stone, Jan Morris captures the essence of places as diverse as Washington just after Watergate, Delhi under Mrs. Gandhi, Panama on the eve of the U.S. treaty debate, and Cairo at the time of the Israeli-Egyptian peace talks. Her essay on Manhattan may be the single best article on New York since E.B. White's famous book 30 years ago. She also writes on L.A., Pretoria and Rhodesia, London, Istanbul, and Trieste.

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0195030699
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978-0195030693
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Illustrated
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Oxford University Press
Publication date

3 Nov. 1983
Language

English
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21.34 x 1.68 x 14.48 cm
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258 pages
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"Jan Morris's accounts of her journeys are distinguished by a veteran journalist's eye for the precisely revealing detail, the prose of a master stylist, and the insights of a wise and worldly traveller. Students of writing and of the literature of travel will find much to learn and to enjoy in Destinations."--Robert Emmett Ginna, Jr., Harvard University

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Illustrated edition (3 Nov. 1983)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 258 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0195030699
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195030693
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.34 x 1.68 x 14.48 cm

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Travel writings

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 February 2013

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These stories are so old, dating to the 1970s, that they are more historical record than helpful travel advice. That said, they are so well written they remain a real pleasure to read and it is fascinating to discover what has not changed in the destinations I am familiar with. Their style is an object lesson for any writer who follows the current fashion for making themselves the story; the writer's lightly-carried learning, observations and quiet sense of humour make her into a fascinating person without her intruding into the action - though her contact book must be phenomenal.

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Jeremy Walton

Erudite and illuminating

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 February 2020

I've enjoyed Morris's writing for some time - long enough, in fact, to have bought and given away an early copy of this book a long time ago. Remembering the assured way she was able to sketch in her impressions of a location, I bought it again and re-read it last week. Although dated (these pieces were all written in the late 1970's), the author still forges a link between the reader, a place and a time. In fact, some of these are startlingly contemporary: a portrait of a shaken Washington immediately after Watergate, an attempted meeting with (then) Colonel Noriega when he was chief of Panama's National Guard, and a Manhattan that resents the arrogant intrusion of the World Trade Center into its skyline.

Morris has an assured style, wearing her learning lightly - for example, from my first reading, I remembered best the piece on Trieste, which begins with an allusive quotation from Robert Browning. These pieces were originally written for Rolling Stone, which, at the time, could be described as a "sharp and flinty organization" whose "cutting edge" Morris was pleased to be able to temper with "a few thousand words of moss" [p.x]. Great writing.

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Pamela V'Combe

Jan Morris is an Inspiration

Reviewed in the United States on 8 April 2013

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Jan Morris was on the first expedition to reach the summit of Mt Everest (1953) as a reporter for the London Times. I am too timid to go to many places on my own, but when I read about her adventures, I begin to consider being a bit more brave.

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