A homage to the city of Trieste, rich with history and tinged with the melancholy of remembrance. "Morris at the peak of her form." - The Atlantic Monthly . Here's a book for lovers of all things Italian. This city on the Adriatic has always tantalized Jan Morris with its moodiness and changeability. After visiting Trieste for more than half a century, she has come to see it as a touchstone for her interests and preoccupations: cities, seas, empires. It has even come to reflect her own life in its loves, disillusionments, and memories. Her meditation on the place is characteristically layered with history and sprinkled with stories of famous visitors from James Joyce to Sigmund Freud. A lyrical travelogue, Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere is also superb cultural history and the culmination of a singular career-"an elegant and bittersweet farewell" ( Boston Globe ).

簡·莫裏斯（Jan Morris），被歐洲文學界譽為“20世紀最優秀的敘事作傢”。其個人經曆頗為傳奇：生於英國威爾士的他，原名詹姆斯·莫裏斯（James Morris），1972年進行變性手術後，改名為簡·莫裏斯（Jan Morris），從“他”變成瞭“她”！

她著作等身，超過三十餘部，包括小說、曆史與旅行文學作品。她是英國皇傢文學學會會員，曾獲大英帝國勛章（OBE）。

2008年1月，莫裏斯被《泰晤士報》評選為英國戰後最偉大的十五名作傢之一。

簡·莫裏斯從未停止過旅行、寫作。她的創作是真實生命的沉潛，而不是浮光掠影式的舞颱錶演。生活中的她，是個勇敢地忠實於自己內心渴望的人；寫作時的她，則是一位內心復雜而豐盛的作者。