Old Calabria

Name: Old Calabria
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd
SKU: 9781848851139
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By Norman Douglas

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Old Calabria by Norman Douglas is a captivating travelogue that paints a vivid picture of the landscapes, history, and culture of Calabria, a region in southern Italy. Through a blend of personal reflection, anecdotes, and detailed descriptions, Douglas explores the area's rich heritage and natural beauty, offering readers an evocative glimpse into a lesser-known part of Italy. With his keen eye for detail and engaging narrative style, the book is a delightful journey through both the physical and cultural landscapes of Calabria.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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If you enjoy immersing yourself in vivid travel narratives, you might find this book captivating as it transports you to the enchanting and rugged landscapes of southern Italy. The author's rich descriptions and keen insights into the region's culture and history offer a compelling adventure for those with a passion for exploration and a love of authentic travel tales.

Calabria. A dramatic peninsula of rugged mountains and windswept coastlines facing Sicily - 'the most beautiful kilometer in Italy' - wrote Gabriele d'Annunzio of its coastline. This book presents an account of the author's adventures which are woven with history.

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Calabria. A dramatic peninsula of rugged mountains and windswept coastlines facing Sicily—'the most beautiful kilometre in Italy'—wrote Gabriele d'Annunzio of its coastline. Though steeped in a rich and ancient past, Calabria had been lost from view when Norman Douglas visited in the early 1900s.

Long familiar with southern Italy, the region captivated him, and the wild and unspoilt landscape inspired him. Tracing a typically adventurous route from the promontory of Gargano in the north—linked in ancient times with Byzantium—to the southern tip of Aspromonte, he scaled vast mountain ranges, trekked through dense forest, and crossed remote and often dangerous countryside.

Within Douglas' vibrant account of his adventures is woven the rich history—from Greek settlers and Roman conquerors to the powerful 'Ndrangheta organised crime family—that has shaped the land, language, culture, and people of a place that Douglas grew to adore.

Witty, erudite, and elegant, Old Calabria is a literary classic, acclaimed as much for its sparkling prose as for its exquisite portrait of Italy's most unpredictable and colourful province.

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iOld Calabria by Norman Douglas is praised for its entertaining and nonconformist narrative style. Reviewers commend Douglas for his independence of mind and the ability to blend observations of history, religion, and the precise details of the Calabrian landscape. The book is celebrated for offering a rich tapestry of cultural and natural histories, making it a classic in travel literature.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781848851139

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 January 2010

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Barbara Ward & Associates

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 404g

Pages: 368

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Non-Fiction Norman Douglas Travel & Adventure

About the Author

Norman Douglas (1868-1952) was born in Austria and educated in England, Germany and France. Much of his life was spent in exile, in Italy and the south of France. His first work, Siren Land, was published in 1911, followed by Fountains in the Sand (1912) and Old Calabria (1915). Publication of his most famous novel, South Wind, in 1917 established his reputation as one of the foremost writers of his generation.

Douglas returned briefly to England in 1942 but spent the last five years of his life on Capri, where he died after a long illness. Though his life was surrounded by controversy, Douglas's prose reflected an elegance and beauty acclaimed by critics. His novels and travel books are now widely regarded as classics.