Old Calabria

1923

Brasch DG975 C15 DQ47 1920

London: Martin Secker

The British writer Norman Douglas (1868–1952) was a long-time resident in Capri, part of the Campania region. His first travel book, Old Calabria, appeared in 1915, which was the result of his visiting the southern regions at a time when they were isolated, and undeveloped, and certainly with no modern amenities. In typical Douglas style – somewhat curmudgeonly, iconoclastic, and digressive – he evokes a real flavour of the Mezzogiorno, the traditional term for the southern regions of Italy. Here, between extremes of climate, banditti, and bad coachmen, is his amusing account of finding one Luigi.