- Paperback: 360 pages
- Publisher: Marlboro Pr; New edition edition (January 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0910395853
- ISBN-13: 978-0910395854
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
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“If there is a better book of travel in English, I do not know it.” —R. M. Dawkins, University of Oxford
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Misleading book description, Jan 7 2012
By cd2011 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Old Calabria (Paperback)
This book is a masterpiece of English literature on Italy. However the book description on Amazon is misleading. It is not about Calabria but "Old Calabria." To the ancients the area between northern Apulia (Puglia) and Calabria, and of course Calabria itself, was Calabria. The first half of the book is mostly about the area which is called Tavoliere di Puglia, which is in current-day Puglia, and parts of Basilicata (the old Lucania). Only the second half deals with current-day Calabria.Norman Douglas's knowledge and grasp of Southern Italy is unsurpassed. I also highly recommend "Siren Land." Add to these Goethe's "Italian Journey" and you will have gained the kind of insight that no contemporary, olive-tree hugging, marketing-conscious author can ever provide.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Montaigne meets Nabokov, Sep 29 2009
By Patrick Goold - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Old Calabria (Paperback)
If you enjoy books by literary travellers, you will love this one. In it a humane sensibility reveals itself in clean, meticulous prose. This is not a book about Calabria but a book about Norman Douglas in Calabria, a much more interesting topic. Read Paul Fussell's excellent essay on Douglas, "Norman Douglas's Temporary Attachments" and you will understand. In Abroad: British Literary Traveling between the Wars
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An Excellent Read, Sep 19 2010
By C. A. Varipapa "Giancarlo" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Old Calabria (Paperback)
This was a brilliant book and thoroughly enjoyable. At first I got it to look into the nature of the Calabrian people but soon realized it was the story of one man's interpretation of his own travels through Southern Italy in areas that may at one time have been part of Calabria. Interestingly San Giuseppe di Cupertino was mentioned in the book but he is from Le Marche, far north of Calabria if old. Still a witty and sarcastic endeavor that was fun to read.
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