By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy - Couverture souple

Northwestern University Press

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0810160102 ISBN 13 : 9780810160101

Editeur : Northwestern University Press, 1996

Synopsis

"The book is worth reading from beginning to end," said The Nation in June 1905, upon the first American publication of this classic work of travel literature.

The second of two memorable trips to the Mediterranean. The second was to Calabria and the wild Italian coast south of Naples. From bad food to filthy inns and dangerously watered wine, to a strange malarial-type fever which kept him bedridden for days, Gissing suffered all for the sake of viewing the sites and old ruins of "Magna Graecia," and to see for himself the classical cities he called his "land of romance." Filled with humor, pathos, and captivating landscapes, By the Ionian Sea continues to inspire the traveler, while re-educating the reader in the glories of this still-forgotten corner of Italy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

George Robert Gissing (1857 - 1903) was an English novelist who published twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Northwestern University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810160102
• ISBN 13: 9780810160101
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 146
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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