{"product_id":"jan-morris-a-life","title":"Jan Morris: A Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA spirited and truly compelling literary biography of the immortal travel writer, journalist and twentieth-century trans pioneer, Jan Morris.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Jan Morris joined the 1953 Everest expedition and was first to get news of the ascent back to the young Queen Elizabeth in London, she became the most famous journalist in the world overnight. So began a glittering career that saw her cover the Eichmann trial, interview Che Guevara and scoop the story of Suez collusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorris transitioned in the early seventies, and documented the experience in \u003cem\u003eConundrum\u003c\/em\u003e, still considered a classic of trans literature today. She was a trailblazer adored around the globe and her books, including \u003cem\u003eVenice\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003ePax Britannica\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy, have inspired hundreds of thousands of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these pages, celebrated travel writer and biographer Sara Wheeler uncovers the complexity of this twentieth-century icon to reveal a mosaic of contradictions. Morris conjured the spirit of place in her work, yet her late masterpiece \u003cem\u003eTrieste\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates \"the meaning of nowhere; she was a Welsh nationalist who wasn't Welsh; and a preacher of kindness with a cruel side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on unprecedented access to Morris's papers as well as interviews with family, friends and colleagues, Wheeler assembles a captivating portrait of her astonishing life--a story of longing, traveling and never reaching home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947836178663,"sku":"9780063304116","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_6c7a9b8a-d974-4991-8f38-1c00fa3a54b3.jpg?v=1775502497","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/jan-morris-a-life","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}