Overview
This valedictory volume is the quintessence of Alan] Ross a deft and deceptively airy set of literary wanderings through a part of the Mediterranean - the islands of the south-western coast of Italy - he had known since being demobilised from the Royal Navy at the end of the Second World War... Rosss memoir is a showcase for a supremely poetic sensibility and a naturally gifted writer with an unerring eye for detail reporting on his experience with an infectiously joyous lyricism. Eldon King Observer
A fund of associative literary information that could only have been amassed by a passionate reader. Gorky Ibsen Rilke DH Lawrence Walter Benjamin Pablo Neruda and scores more wrote in or near Ischia; Ross describes their books and their lives with detailed succinctness en route dipping in and out of his own thoughts and travel observations. Helen Simpson Guardian
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780571296163
- ISBN-10: 0571296165
- Publisher: Faber Finds
- Publish Date: November 2012
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.58 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.72 pounds
- Page Count: 254
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