by Jan Morris · Faber & Faber · tapa dura · ISBN 9780571229833
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«Hav: Comprising Last Letters from Hav, Hav of the Myrmidons» is the novel by Jan Morris published by Faber & Faber in hardcover (288 pages, in English).
Hav is an imaginary Mediterranean city-state described in a fictional travel chronicle, with streets where Italian, Russian and Arab influences coexist, rooftop races, casinos, cafés and illustrious visitors. In the second part, Hav appears years later, transformed by a dominant tower and a history rewritten by fanatics.
«Hav» series (1-2): brings together «Last Letters from Hav» (1985, shortlisted for the Booker Prize) and «Hav of the Myrmidons». The collection was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2007.
For readers of speculative fiction, fantasy and travel literature, and for followers of Jan Morris.
Catharine Jan Morris was a Welsh historian, author and travel writer. She was known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy (1968–1978), a history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, including Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong and New York City. She published under her birth name until 1972, when she had gender reassignment surgery, transitioning from male to female.
