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.The World, The World

by: Norman Lewis

June 06, 1997
Lewis 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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