Contact! : a book of glimpses
Morris, Jan, 1926-2010
Book
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.
Main title:
Contact! : a book of glimpses / Jan Morris.
Author:
Edition:
Pbk. ed.
Imprint:
London : Faber and Faber, 2010, c2009.
Collation:
202 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2009.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780571250691
Dewey class:
910.4
Language:
English
BRN:
91547
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Library at the Dock | -Travel | TRAVEL 910.4 MORR | Available |