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An Open Door (Paperback)
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An Open Door (Paperback)
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The history of Wales as a destination and confection of English
Romantic writers is well-known, but this book reverses the process,
turning a Welsh gaze on the rest of the world. This shift is
timely: the severing of Britain from the European Union asks
questions of Wales about its relationship to its own past, to the
British state, to Europe and beyond, while the present political,
public health and environmental crises mean that travel writing can
and should never again be the comfortably escapist genre that it
was. Our modern anxieties over identity are registered here in
writing that questions in a personal, visceral way the meaning of
belonging and homecoming, and reflects a search for stability and
solace as much as a desire for adventure. Here are lyrical stories
refracted through kaleidoscopes of family and world history,
alongside accounts of forced displacement and the tenacious love
that exists between people and places. Yet these pieces also show
the enduring value and joy of travel itself. As Eluned Gramich
expresses it ‘It’s one of the pleasures of travel to submit
yourself to other people, let yourself be guided and taught’.
Taken together, the stories of An Open Door extend Jan Morris’
legacy into a turbulent present and even more uncertain future.
Whether seen from Llŷn or the Somali desert, we still take turns
to look out at the same stars, and it might be this recognition,
above all, that encourages us to hold the door open for as long as
we can.
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