{"product_id":"hav","title":"Hav","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50968458821920,"sku":"9781590174494","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9781590174494.jpg?v=1764106282","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/es\/products\/hav","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}