Sicily - A Literary Guide for Travellers Edwards AndrewPevná vazba
Sicily - A Literary Guide for Travellers Edwards AndrewPevná vazba Rising up from the heart of the Mediterranean, Sicily has a rich and ancient history spanning over 2,000 years. This compelling…
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Sicily - A Literary Guide for Travellers Edwards AndrewPevná vazba
Rising up from the heart of the Mediterranean, Sicily has a rich and ancient history spanning over 2,000 years. This compelling guide uncovers the island's multi-faceted personality through those literary figures who have managed to get under her skin - from Pindar, Cicero and Aeschylus to Shakespeare and Cervantes; DH Lawrence, Coleridge and Oscar Wilde to Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Ezra Pound and Lawrence Durrell; as well as local writers who have defined the modern Italian novel - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and Leonardo Sciascia. A bounty prized by invaders from the Greeks, Romans and Vandals to the Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Sicily's violently beautiful landscapes are haunted by a vibrant mix of cultures and her soil has always been fertile ground for the literary and artistic imagination.
Through their words and lives we witness the beauty, pain and power of the