Book 2- Post 2

During the book, the author Morris continue to provide her imaginary storytelling of her visit in the city name of Hav. Part one of the book is a month to month explanation of Morris’s visit in Hav in 1985, while the second part is a day by day during her six days visit in 2005. Morris mentions on her return to Hav twenty years later after an event called the Intervention: “I found it astonishingly resuscitated, different in character, certainly, from the city I had known, but hardly less allegorical of feel.” 

Morris shares her impressions upon her arrival to Hav which is completely different from the previous visit. She meets many people and visit wonderful places. The first people that she interacts with are “very English middle-aged couple” that advised her not to experiment too much with the local stuff, which seems to remind Morris how things have changed, but also how much stayed the same. A memorable visit that Morris mentioned and I liked, was her visit in at the Myrmidon Tower, the prime and public talisman of the Holy Myrmidonic Republic. “By the nature of things it is not often that one can enjoy first impressions of a place twice over.” Morris explains that she already visited this place, but this time her emotions were different from those twenty years before, but no less compelling. She says that the impact of the old Hav had been profound, but she was able to detect ambivalence as she passed under the bridge and saw that phenomenal tower before her. 

At the end of the book Morris reminds us that the second part of the book is still allegorical but in different kind. The confusions of the old Hav were rooted in history, and overlapping of ancient cultures had given the place its complexity, with the influences and incursions of many centuries. As Morris mentions: “It was a jumble, but a jumble in which I was able to discern familiar signposts, events, notions and even personalities.”