If you are going to Trieste – and you might - it is no Renaissance town; its heyday (brief) was the 19th century. But Jan Morris captures a very specific atmosphere and the reader is intrigued. It is not so much a travel book as an exploration of a place with a unique relationship with Italy, Austria and Slovenia. This is a book about a place and the feelings it inspired. I was mesmerised and read it in one go.
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 114 Autumn 2024 ) |
