Granite Island

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‘Get away from here before you’re completely bewitched and enslaved,’ Dorothy Carrington was told, while sitting in a fisherman’s cafe at the magically quiet midday hour. But enslaved she was. ‘Granite Island’ grew out of years spent in Corsica and is a vivid portrait of the island.

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ISBN: 9780141442273 Author: Carrington, Dorothy Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP Publication Date: 29th May 2008 Imprint: Penguin Classics Cover: Paperback Dewey: 914.49904837 (edition:22) Pages: 336 Language: English Edition: New edition Readership: General - Trade / Code: K Category: Subject:

‘Get away from here before you’re completely bewitched and enslaved…’ Dorothy Carrington was told, while sitting in a fisherman’s cafe at the magically quiet midday hour. But enslaved she was. GRANITE ISLAND, much more than a travel book, grew out of years spent in Corsica and is an incomparably vivid and delightful portrait. For the first time Corsica is brought to light as a vital element in Europe: a highly individualistic island culture whose people have nurtured their love of freedom and political justice, as well as their pride, hospitality and poetry.

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