Voices of the Old Sea

Name: Voices of the Old Sea
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ISBN: 9781906011611

Norman Lewis

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English

Eland
01 May 2013

Travel & holiday; Travel writing

After the war was over, Norman Lewis, settled in a remote fishing village on the Catalan coast. A place where men regulated their lives by the sardine shoals of spring and autumn and the tunny fishing of the summer, where women kept goats and gardens, arranged marriages and made ends meet. They were deeply suspicious of all foreigners and consumed by the interest of their own ancient feuds and rituals, annual festivals and amicable rivalries that were fought out by the fishermen each evening in impromptu blank verse recited on the fonda. Yet Norman Lewis managed to win their trust and was able to record through anecdote and incident the lives of a proud, self-sufficient and poetic people, just before they were submerged by the concrete tourism developments of the Costa Brava.

By: Norman Lewis
Imprint: Eland
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 310g
ISBN: 9781906011611
ISBN 10: 1906011613
Publication Date: 01 May 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Voices of the Old Sea

'Limpidly and lovingly, Norman Lewis has caught the helpless, unwitting, often foolish but always hopeful village in its dying summers, and saved the tragedy with sublime comedy.' Observer '... an acute and quite beautifully written account of a culture on the edge of its undoing.' Time Out '... a haunting book [that] encapsulates a whole social revolution.' Sunday Telegraph