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Reflections on Blue Water: Journeys in the Gulf of Naples in the Aeolian Islands
Reflections on Blue Water Journeys in the Gulf of Naples in the Aeolian Islands Author:Alan Ross "There is nothing in contemporary English letters better crafted than this book. . . a beautifully written lyric of things recollected from the past" — -Geoffrey Moorhouse, Daily Telegraph — Capri, Ischia Procida, Stromboli, Lipari: for nearly a century these islands of legendary beauty proved a magnet for writers, artists, film-makers, po... more »litical exiles and scintillating conversation.
Neruda, Rilke and Gorky, D. H. Lawrence, E. F. Benson, Norman Douglas, Lawrence Durrell, W. H. Auden and Ingrid Bergman: they came to the islands off the south-western coast of Italy seeking creative and personal freedom and left fame and notoriety in their wake. In Reflections on Blue Water Alan Ross reflects on the islands that he first visited in 1948, revisiting them through a lifetime's reading. A brilliant guide and companion, he brings a poet's perception to the glorious land and seascape.« less