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Article: Jan Morris - a lifetime of a journey.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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Byline: HYWEL WILLIAMS
On the eve of her 75th birthday and the publication of what she says, teasingly, is her last book, the author talks to Hywel Williams
IT'S been a life full of exploration and discovery. For more than half a century Jan Morris has been constantly on the move, and always, she thinks, on the outside looking in. Today she is just back from a sixweek world tour "in search of the new Zeitgeist", as she puts it. Yet always she returns to her home in rural North Wales, and the impression it gives is of a secluded writer's habitat. For more than 40 years a stream of books has poured out of this exquisite retreat.
Morris's life has ...
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