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The World, The World by: Norman Lewis List Price: £7.99 City Travel Guides Price: £5.99 You Save: £2.00 (25%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 910 EAN: 9780330350730 ISBN: 0330350730 Label: Picador Manufacturer: Picador Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: June 06, 1997 Publisher: Picador Studio: Picador Sales Rank: 15010 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Synopsis: The second part of Norman Lewis's autobiography/travel memoir. In this work, Lewis recalls his time in the Far East, his meeting with Ernest Hemingway, his time in the fishing village of Farol in Spain and an account of a journey with Lord Snowdon. Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - The second volume of memoirs in its way surpasses the firstLewis begins this volume with a description of a chance encounter in the elegant dining car of a train in pre-war Italy, which would lead to a friendship spanning decades. This familiar Lewis combination of a world now disappeared and the importance of genuine friendships, all described in his economic but intensly lyrical style make for a book that is truly engrossing. Despite a lifetime of describing events and people from across the world, Lewis avoids both cynicism (except when dealing with authoritarians) or wide eyed wonder. His encounters with profound brutalities in Guatemala or Indo China are described with as much care for the details as are the idiosyncracies of his housekeeper or for that matter those of Jonathon ... Read More: |
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