by NormanDouglas (Author)
Then, as now, Calabria was relatively ignored by traditional tourists. But Norman Douglas, the unrepentant pagan, was no traditional tourist. With his inexhaustible fund of erudition, wit and elegant literary style he conducts the reader from the promontory of Gargano to the tip of Aspromonte; through the influences of its many invaders - Greek colonists, Norman feudal lords, Spaniards and Angevins until its absorption into the corrupt Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Delicate, allusive, urbane and civilized, it is recognized as a classic for its vivid evocation of the life, language, history and customs of Europe's most colourful extremity. Its literary quality puts it in a class of its own.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: New
Publisher: W&N
Published: 21 Jun 2001
ISBN 10: 1842124609
ISBN 13: 9781842124604
Book Overview: A remarkable travel book about one of the most enigmatic and secluded parts of Italy One of the finest writers of his generation 'lonely, intractable, often impenetrably strange, Calabria endures, sullenly defiant of our mania for system, connection and universal openness'