{"product_id":"sydney","title":"Jan Morris: Sydney [2010] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eRenowned and much-loved travel writer Jan Morris turns her eye to Sydney: 'not the best of the cities the British Empire created ... but the most hyperbolic, the youngest at heart, the shiniest.' \u003ci\u003eSydney \u003c\/i\u003etakes us on the city's journey from penal colony to world-class metropolis, as lively and charming as the city it describes. With characteristic exuberance and sparkling prose, Jan Morris guides us through the history, people and geography of a fascinating and colourful city.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jan Morris's collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as \u003ci\u003eVenice, Hong Kong, Spain, Manhattan '45,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Writer's World \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e Pax Britannica Trilogy. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHav\u003c\/i\u003e, her novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Sydney should be flattered. A great portrait painter has chosen it for her recent subject . . . Few writers - a handful of novelists apart - have got so far under the city's skin as Morris . . . Few Sydneysiders could match her knowledge of their city's history and its anecdotes' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eThe writing is, at times, like surfing: sentences rise like vast waves above which she rides, never overbalancing into gush . . . Jan Morris convincingly explains modern Sydney through its history' \u003ci\u003eObserver \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morris, Jan","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48914197283155,"sku":"XV80571241798","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/morris-jan-jan-morris-sydney-2010-paperback-xv80571241798-56875138646355.jpg?v=1727206330","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/sydney","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}