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A detailed and intriguing survey of the region of southern Italy
known as Calabria, by British author Norman Douglas, now best known
for his 1917 novel South Wind.
Travel author Norman Douglas shares his experiences and photographs
of Calabria, a beautiful and historic yet secluded region of rural
Italy, as it was at the turn of the 20th century. A wonderful guide
to a region home to breathtaking landscapes and ancient ruins, Old
Calabria contains many details of the region and is described from
a perspective of the eloquent and well-informed author. The manners
of the locals, the customs and appearance of their villages and
farmsteads, and the agriculture of the countryside, are narrated
evocatively. Over the centuries Calabria has received migrants from
Asia, Africa and elsewhere, and the profile of the people - who
clearly descend from these migrants - that Douglas has much
interest. The cultural and religious customs of Calabria are shown
to have evolved somewhat in isolation to the rest of Italy, and
life is shown to move slowly and place great emphasis upon
traditions and the Roman Catholic faith.
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South Wind (Paperback)
Norman Douglas; Introduction by Michael Schmidt
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R377
R312
Discovery Miles 3 120
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The bishop was feeling rather sea-sick. Confoundedly sea-sick, in
fact. An Anglican bishop, on recuperative leave from his African
diocese, alights at the island of Nepenthe for a short stay on his
passage to England. Soon he is caught up in the wild and exuberant
antics of visitors and residents. Norman Douglas's famed, and
infamous, novel of Capri is a hedonistic journey and an
unforgettable classic.
At the time when southern Italy was an isolated and underdeveloped
region, Douglas wrote this 1915 travel guide to bring the beauty
that he found in Calabria to the reading public. Inspired by the
landscape, unique cultural traditions, and proximity to history, he
found even traveling on long mule trails to be an enjoyable part of
the journey rather than an inconvenience. Written in a chatty,
conversational tone, Old Calabria will be of interest to armchair
travelers and to anyone who enjoys stories of everyday adventure.
British writer NORMAN DOUGLAS (1868-1952) wrote a number of books,
including South Wind (1917).
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Alone (Paperback)
Norman Douglas
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R399
Discovery Miles 3 990
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South Wind (Paperback)
Norman Douglas
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R342
R289
Discovery Miles 2 890
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Norman Douglas, one of the 20th century's great travellers in
Italy, was for most of his life inextricably, passionately,
connected to the Bay of Naples. This breathtaking sweep of sea and
coastline - dominated by Vesuvius and with Pozzuoli and Sorrento
standing sentinel - was Douglas' first experience of Italy. It was
here, on the island of Capri, that he died, some 55 years after
first buying a villa in Naples. Siren Land, Douglas' first travel
book, is a homage to a part of the world that captivated him more
than any other. Weaving the myths of the Sirens into the landscape
and history of the region, Douglas writes with knowledge and an
irrepressible exuberance of the past and the present, of legends
and archaeology, folklore and daily life, patron saints, local
ghosts, wine and the wind. As the summer draws to a close, Douglas'
prose becomes suffused with a melancholy tinged with excitement at
what still remains to be discovered: 'relics of Roman rule, of old
Hellas, or medieval romance... These are the delights of Siren
Land'. 'What makes Siren Land exceptional is the quality of the
telling. Weaving scholarship, impressions, fact and fantasy into an
intricate fabric as enchantingly entertaining and full of human
interest as the best of fairy tales or ancient myths. One of the
most memorable books of its genre' - Mark Holloway, in his
introduction to Siren Land.
Travel author Norman Douglas shares his experiences and photographs
of Calabria, a beautiful and historic yet secluded region of rural
Italy, as it was at the turn of the 20th century. A wonderful guide
to a region home to breathtaking landscapes and ancient ruins, Old
Calabria contains many details of the region and is described from
a perspective of the eloquent and well-informed author. The manners
of the locals, the customs and appearance of their villages and
farmsteads, and the agriculture of the countryside, are narrated
evocatively. Over the centuries Calabria has received migrants from
Asia, Africa and elsewhere, and the profile of the people - who
clearly descend from these migrants - that Douglas has much
interest. The cultural and religious customs of Calabria are shown
to have evolved somewhat in isolation to the rest of Italy, and
life is shown to move slowly and place great emphasis upon
traditions and the Roman Catholic faith.
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Alone (Paperback)
Norman Douglas
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R266
Discovery Miles 2 660
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South Wind (Paperback)
Norman Douglas, John Austen
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R1,309
Discovery Miles 13 090
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This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.
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