From the Four Corners

A selection from Jan Morris's [b:Among the Cities 2223882 Among the Cities Jan Morris https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1379734087s/2223882.jpg 2229676], with four cities covered: Manhattan, Delhi, Sydney & Vienna.I enjoyed the format, and the fact the author wrote about the city and its evolution over a timespan - ie she visited most of these cities a significant number of times over a long timespan, and therefore wasn't describing a snapshot or an interpretation of a short visit, which as we all know often ends up skewed by mood, circumstance and one off events.The writing is descriptive and often amusing (Sydney appealed as the most amusing, but perhaps this is because of the four it is the one I am the most familiar with). Despite these being short chapters, they sometimes felt a few pages too long for me - and might have held my attention a little better if they had been edited up a little.having said that, I have copy of the full book somewhere up high on my bookshelf, and I am interested enough to want to read the remainder of the book, so I will move it forward in my ‘to read' list a bit based on this taster.Somewhere between 3 and 4 stars for me, but closer to 3 than 4!