JAN MORRIS
Writing from a myriad of places around the world, Jan Morris has a fantastic eye for detail and adds deep historical angles for her eclectic list of stories. Though Morris has written several books, my all time favourite is Journeys.
In this book, Jan Morris explores the great cities of the world, including Shanghai, and among her adventures (locking her keys in a car in Texas was one such episode) she continues on with the same curiosity and relaxed spirit that you just don't want the book to end.
She meets a varied and colorful assortment of characters along the way its hard to read how Morris completes the book with the curt admission of her sense of accomplishment - of having seen all the worlds great metropolises.
And that’s where she leaves you.
Perhaps the best part of reading Journeys is this ending.....
