Title:
Hong Kong
Genre:
History
Travel
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Binding:
Hardcover
Edition:
1st
Printing:
1st
Type of Book:
Non-Fiction
Number of Pages:
377
Number of Chapters:
75
Date Added:
2018-06-26 18:37:53
Synopsis:
The Signed First Edition Society presents… Jan Morris‘s “Hong Kong“
In its last decade as a British Colony and with an unpredictable future ahead, Hong Kong is more than ever a magnetic destination. In her new book, Jan Morris gives us a portrait of a burgeoning, incredibly vibrant city that has drawn her back time and again for more than thirty years. While she wonders what whether this breathtakingly beautiful and singular metropolis can survive after 1997 under the People’s Republic of China, she creates a lasting and most enjoyable monument to it.
• What the critics say:
“Jan Morris has long been the quintessential travel writer. Her essays and books consistently impart not only the surface aspects of a city — its architecture, history and commerce — but also its raison d’être, its sense and its personality.“ “Cleveland Plain Dealer“
“Morris is a master of the English language. Her words don’t just lie on the page; they leap and somersault and pirouette.“ “San Francisco Chronicle“
“…the celebrated travel writer Jan Morris [is] much admired for capturing mood beyond fact in her writing.“ “Houston Chronicle“
• What the author says:
“…when, in 1984, the British and the Chinese jointly decreed an end at last to the Colony of Hong Kong, almost inevitably I felt I should write a whole book about it. The transfer of power in 1997 will mean not only the definitive conclusion of the British Empire, not only an end to the idea of Empire, not only indeed an almost allegorical realignment of East and West, but a finish too to my own preoccupation of a lifetime.“
In its last decade as a British Colony and with an unpredictable future ahead, Hong Kong is more than ever a magnetic destination. In her new book, Jan Morris gives us a portrait of a burgeoning, incredibly vibrant city that has drawn her back time and again for more than thirty years. While she wonders what whether this breathtakingly beautiful and singular metropolis can survive after 1997 under the People’s Republic of China, she creates a lasting and most enjoyable monument to it.
• What the critics say:
“Jan Morris has long been the quintessential travel writer. Her essays and books consistently impart not only the surface aspects of a city — its architecture, history and commerce — but also its raison d’être, its sense and its personality.“ “Cleveland Plain Dealer“
“Morris is a master of the English language. Her words don’t just lie on the page; they leap and somersault and pirouette.“ “San Francisco Chronicle“
“…the celebrated travel writer Jan Morris [is] much admired for capturing mood beyond fact in her writing.“ “Houston Chronicle“
• What the author says:
“…when, in 1984, the British and the Chinese jointly decreed an end at last to the Colony of Hong Kong, almost inevitably I felt I should write a whole book about it. The transfer of power in 1997 will mean not only the definitive conclusion of the British Empire, not only an end to the idea of Empire, not only indeed an almost allegorical realignment of East and West, but a finish too to my own preoccupation of a lifetime.“
Author:
Jan Morris
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Publisher:
The Franklin Library
Country:
United Kingdom
Place of Printing:
United States of America
Publication Year:
1988
Copyright Year:
1988
Number of Copies:
1
Language:
English
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$29.99
Automatic Estimated Date:
2025-10-11
Date Added:
2018-06-26 18:37:53
