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Sea and Sardinia (Penguin Travel & Adventure)
First published in 1923, 'Sea and Sardinia' saw publication in Penguin Books for the first time in 1944; it was reprinted in 1945 (and cost ninepence). This is No. 465 in the Penguin Books series.
In January 1921, D. H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda visited Sardinia. The trip lasted only nine days but it was enough for Lawrence to pen an account of Sicilian life that not only evokes the place, people, local customs and wildlife but is also deeply revealing about the writer himself.
Studded with metaphoric and symbolic descriptions, the book is transfused with the author's anger and joy. It also reveals his ability to transmute the spirit of place into literary art and is also an inquiry into the political and social values of an era which saw the rise of communism.
Lawrence's prejudices and his political prophecies make Sea and Sardinia a unique and dynamic piece of travel writing. A note to potential buyers - the Penguin 1999 edition restores censored passages and corrects corrupt textual readings to reveal for the first time the book Lawrence himself called 'A marvel of veracity'
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