Voices of the Old Sea

by Norman Lewis

2021-01-02 06:53:50

After World War II, Norman Lewis returned to Spain and settled in the remote fishing village of Farol, on what is now Costa Brava. "Voices of the Old Sea describes his three successive summers in that almost medieval community where life revolved aro... Read more
After World War II, Norman Lewis returned to Spain and settled in the remote fishing village of Farol, on what is now Costa Brava. "Voices of the Old Sea describes his three successive summers in that almost medieval community where life revolved around the seasonal sardine catches, Alcade''s bar, and satisfying feuds with neighboring villages.
It''s lucky Lewis was there when he was. Soon after, Spain was discovered by its neighbors in a more prosperous northern Europe, and the tourist tide that ensued flowed inexorably over the old ways of the town and its inhabitants. Less

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ISBN9780670805259
Norman Lewis was born in 1912 in Brooklyn, New York, and died in 2006 in Whittier, California. An author, grammarian, lexicographer, and etymologist, he was a leading authority on English-language ski...

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