Last Letters from Hav
| Title | Last Letters from Hav |
| Year for Search | 1985 |
| Authors | Morris, Jan(1926-2020) |
| Date Published | 1985 |
| Publisher | Viking |
| Place Published | Harmondsworth, Eng. |
| Keywords | English author, Transgender author |
| Annotation | Description of a visit to an imaginary country, which the author says was intended to reflect her lack of understanding of the countries she had visited and the changes they were undergoing. The country has both eutopian and dystopian elements. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in her Hav comprising Last Letters from Hav and Hav of the Myrmidons (London: Faber and Faber, 2006), 1-187. |
| Holding Institutions | LLL |
| Author Note | The author (1926-2020) was born James Humphrey Morris and had sex reassignment surgery in 1972 and adopted the name Jan Morris. She self-identified as Welsh and lived in Wales for many years. |
| Full Text | 1985 Morris, Jan (1926-2020). Last Letters from Hav. Harmondsworth, Eng.: Viking. Rpt. in her Hav comprising Last Letters from Hav and Hav of the Myrmidons (London: Faber and Faber, 2006), 1-187. LLL Description of a visit to an imaginary country, which the author says was intended to reflect her lack of understanding of the countries she had visited and the changes they were undergoing. The country has both eutopian and dystopian elements. The author was born James Humphrey Morris and had sex reassignment surgery in 1972. She self-identified as Welsh and lived in Wales for many years. |
