{"product_id":"conundrum-jan-morris","title":"Conundrum (Jan Morris)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eI was three or perhaps four years old when I realized that I had been born into the wrong body, and should really be a girl.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe great travel writer Jan Morris was born James Morris. He distinguished himself as a wartime soldier and became one of the century's most daring reporters, climbing mountains and crossing deserts. To all appearances, he was happily married with several children. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut appearances can be misleading. James had known since childhood that at heart he was a woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConundrum is the story of Morris' secret life and struggle for authenticity, as he embarks on experimental surgery to discover who he really is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the first ever accounts of gender transition when first published in 1974, this is the blazingly honest account of perhaps Morris' greatest adventure: the decade-long journey to becoming a woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Faber also publish Sara Wheeler's celebrated new biography \u003ci\u003eJan Morris: A Life*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eJan Morris was born in 1926 of a Welsh father and an English mother. She spent the last years of her life with her partner Elizabeth Morris in the top left-hand corner of Wales, between the mountains and the sea. Her books include \u003ci\u003eCoronation Everest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVenice\u003c\/i\u003e, the Pax Britannica trilogy and \u003ci\u003eConundrum\u003c\/i\u003e. She was also the author of six books about cities and countries, two autobiographical books, several volumes of collected travel essays and the unclassifiable \u003ci\u003eTrieste and the Meaning of Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e. She was recognized in 2018 for her outstanding contribution to travel writing by the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards. In the same year, \u003ci\u003eIn My Mind's Eye: A Thought Diary\u003c\/i\u003e was published. It was followed by a second volume of diaries, \u003ci\u003eThinking Again,\u003c\/i\u003e in 2020, and then her posthumously published final book, \u003ci\u003eAllegorizings, \u003c\/i\u003ein 2021.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 160 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65880940052829,"sku":"K088487744","price":12.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8848774400001A.jpg?v=1789024850","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/conundrum-jan-morris","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}