In My Mind's Eye: A Thought Diary - Softcover

Morris, Jan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 057134092X ISBN 13: 9780571340927

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2019

Synopsis

'I have never before in my life kept a diary of my thoughts, and here at the start of my ninth decade, having for the moment nothing much else to write, I am having a go at it. Good luck to me.'

So begins this extraordinary book, a collection of diary pieces that Jan Morris wrote for the Financial Times over the course of 2017.

A former soldier and journalist, and one of the great chroniclers of the world for over half a century, she writes here in her characteristically intimate voice - funny, perceptive, wise, touching, wicked, scabrous, and above all, kind - about her thoughts on the world, and her own place in it as she turns ninety. From cats to cars, travel to home, music to writing, it's a cornucopia of delights from a unique literary figure.

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Review:

In My Mind's Eye is a lovely book, halfway between a diary and a volume of brief essays, a book that has a gentle, haunting tone. It will remind us of what a good, wise and witty companion Jan Morris has been for so many readers for so long. -- Alexander McCall Smith

One of Britain's greatest living writers., The Times

A wonderfully wise collection . . . After closing the book I felt bereft of Morris's company. -- Sunday Herald

A thing of wonder: a diary of daily musings with zero pretension. It is light yet profound, ecstatic yet melancholy, ethereal yet droll. -- Evening Standard

A splendidly quirky confection that mixes the trivial with the serious, like life. -- Literary Review

Book Description:

A treat for fans of Alan Bennett's diaries and the works of Bill Bryson and Diana Athill.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 057134092X
• ISBN 13: 9780571340927
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336