Pico Iyer Reviews Jan Morris
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 11.11.03 | 8:38 PM ET
Sunday’s Los Angeles Times Book Review features Pico Iyer’s thoughtful take on Jan Morris’ latest collection of travel stories. Iyer finds much to like. He writes: “One of the blessings of the new anthology—whose U.S. title is ‘The World: Travels 1950-2000’ and takes us chronologically through Morris’ career and across the world—is that it reminds those who had forgotten that Morris was a seasoned international reporter, for the Times of London and the Manchester Guardian, long before she became a master impressionist in words.” Throughout his review, Iyer compares Morris’ work with that of V.S. Naipaul. The two are contemporaries and master stylists, Iyer notes. “The principal difference between them,” he writes, “is that Naipaul carries his anxieties everywhere he goes, whereas Morris rolls seamlessly through even the most dramatic journey a human can undertake.” Iyer’s reviews, it seems, are appearing with increasing frequency in the Los Angeles Times Book Review. Unfortunately, the article is available online only to subscribers of the print edition.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
