| Voices of the Old Sea Contributor(s): Lewis, Norman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786716908 ISBN-13: 9780786716906 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - History | Holocaust - Biography & Autobiography | Jewish |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.60 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |