Sicilian Carousel

Despite decades spent poetically evoking Mediterranean life in Rhodes, Cyprus, and Corfu, celebrated travel writer Lawrence Durrell had never set foot on the sea's largest island: mysterious, impenetrable Sicily. For years, his friend Martine begged him to visit her on this sun-kissed paradise, but it took her sudden death to finally bring him to its shores. Joining an idiosyncratic tour group, Durrell immerses himself in the spectacular archaeological remains, dizzy with Sicily's rich history and struck by the unity of Mediterranean civilization: its myths, manifestations, and meaning. Featuring several unpublished poems and illustrated with elegant engravings. Sicilian Carousel is a gem.'Elegant ... Wonderful.' Time'Readers who have been to Sicily will love this book. Readers who have not been to Sicily will love this book.' Paul Fussell