When Norman Lewis died in 2003 the world didn't just lose a great
writer, it lost its most important and articulate commentator also.
For decades, Lewis stood at the vanguard of the travel-writing
genre, with works such as 'The Honoured Society' and 'A Dragon
Apparent' bringing him instant acclaim, and in the case of the
latter, global recognition. In 'A View of the World', a collection
of largely unsung newspaper and magazine articles, Lewis proves
that even his lesser-known pieces were, and still are, of
outstanding literary and cultural value. His study of the Sicilian
mafia, for example, immediately invokes images of The Godfather,
and 'The Bullfight Revisited', his expose of Spanish sporting
barbarism, frankly puts Hemingway's 'Death in the Afternoon' to
shame. This book is a worthy addition to the Lewis canon, and one
which tells us as much about the man as it does his adventures.
'All I wanted from life', said Lewis, 'was to remain a perpetual
spectator of changing scenes.' As readers we should be grateful
that he stayed loyal to his dream. (Kirkus UK)
Includes the piece of journalism Norman was most proud of, an
article on the devastation of Amerindian populations in Brazil,
which resulted in the establishment of Survival International,
which campaigns to protect tribal people and their environments.
Travel writing that makes you laugh, but also brings home the
world's hurt in glorious under-statement.
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