|
By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy
|
| Price: | CDN$ 17.15 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $39. Details |
Availability: Usually ships in 11 to 14 days
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca
12 new or used available from CDN$ 0.91
Average customer review:
(1 )
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2016167 in Books
- Published on: 1996-07-24
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: .43 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 146 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Amazon.com
When the gentleman traveler George Gissing headed for Calabria in 1897 he wrote, "Every man has his intellectual desire; mine is to escape life as I know it and dream myself into that old world which was the imaginative delight of my boyhood." Gissing, who led a life filled with hardship and bitter disappointment, yearned for the rapture of the river Galaesus and the freedom he associated with the classical vision. Though he encountered rough terrain, poor accommodations, and often bitter disappointment, he learned the truth about himself and emerged triumphant.
