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By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy (Marlboro Travel Series)

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Title: By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy (Marlboro Travel Series)
by George Gissing
ISBN: 0-8101-6010-2
Publisher: Marlboro Pr
Pub. Date: July, 1996
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $17.00
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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

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Rating: 5
Summary: From Heel to Toe Along the Boot of Italy
Comment: What possessed George Gissing -- best known for his hardscrabble pictures of poverty in London, such as NEW GRUB STREET -- to travel to Southern Italy and write a classical travel book about his journey? Yet there he is, working his way along the underside of the boot of Italy as a traveller. Even then, the area was known primarily for its rural poverty and has not attracted tourism at any time in its existence since the Greeks settled there over 2,000 years ago.

And yet this is perhaps Gissing's most charming book. He becomes ill, is taken care of by strangers, does his best to escape the clutches of the local bands of outlaws, and succeeds in his quest to see a corner of Europe known to few outside of Italy.

I highly recommend this book as the best introduction to a writer who deserves a revaluation of his literary reputation.

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