South Wind by Norman Douglas
An Anglican bishop, on recuperative leave from his African diocese, alights at the island of Nepenthe for a short stay on passage to England, and is soon caught in the midst of a wild and exuberant cast of fellow visitors and residents.
A fascinating book, in the original sense of the adjective – spell-binding, mesmeric, and sometimes disturbingly prophetic.. We leave it slightly drugged and mystified, yet somehow slighly more aware of things than when we started' -- Jan Morris
Norman Douglas lived a long and scandalous life. Born in 1868, he was a lifelong hedonist and spent much of his time 'hopping it' across borders to avoid arrest. South Wind, his most highly regarded work, is set on the fictional island Nepenthe, a thinly disguised portrait of Douglas's beloved island of Capri.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781786690678 |
| ISBN 10 | 1786690675 |
| Title | South Wind |
| Author | Norman Douglas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2017-03-09 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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