{"product_id":"hav-last-letters-from-hav-of-the-myrmidons-paperback","title":"Hav: Last Letters from Hav of the Myrmidons - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJan Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Journey through a mystical country where everything is possible and easily arranged\" in this 2-part travelogue set in a fictional \u003cb\u003eMediterranean city of dreams\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A touching lover letter . . . to life itself\"--featuring \u003ci\u003eLast Letters from Hav, \u003c\/i\u003e shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and a foreword by Ursula K. Le Guin (\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hav is like no place on earth. Rumored to be the site of Troy, captured during the crusades and recaptured by Saladin, visited by Tolstoy, Hitler, Grace Kelly, and Princess Diana, this Mediterranean city-state is home to several architectural marvels and an annual rooftop race that is a feat of athleticism and insanity. As Jan Morris guides us through the corridors and quarters of Hav, we hear the mingling of Italian, Russian, and Arabic in its markets, delight in its famous snow raspberries, and meet the denizens of its casinos and cafés. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Morris published \u003ci\u003eLast Letters from Hav\u003c\/i\u003e in 1985, it was short-listed for the Booker Prize. Here it is joined by\u003ci\u003e Hav of the Myrmidons\u003c\/i\u003e, a sequel that brings the story up-to-date. Twenty-first-century Hav is nearly unrecognizable. Sanitized and monetized, it is ruled by a group of fanatics who have rewritten its history to reflect their own blinkered view of the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Morris's only novel is dazzlingly sui-generis, part erudite travel memoir, part speculative fiction, part cautionary political tale. It transports the reader to an extraordinary place that never was, but could well be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Jan Morris is to other travel writers what John le Carré is to other spy novelists.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJan Morris was born in 1926, is Anglo-Welsh, and lives in Wales. She has written some forty books, including the Pax Britannica trilogy about the British Empire; studies of Wales, Spain, Venice, Oxford, Manhattan, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Trieste; six volumes of collected travel essays; two memoirs; two capricious biographies; and a couple of novels--but she defines her entire oeuvre as \"disguised autobiography.\" she is an honorary D.Litt. of the University of Wales and a Commander of the British Empire. Her memoir \u003ci\u003eConundrum \u003c\/i\u003eis available as a New York Review Book Classic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin has published twenty-one novels as well as volumes of short stories, poems, essays, and works for children. Among her novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dispossessed\u003c\/i\u003e, both winners of the nebula and Hugo awards.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.05 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771227701536,"sku":"9781590174494","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6c8627410bd1559453beae75224d83e1.webp?v=1780383534","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hav-last-letters-from-hav-of-the-myrmidons-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}