Granite island, paperback/dorothy carrington

Get away from here before youre completely bewitched and enslaved.

Dorothy Carrington was told, while sitting in a fishermans 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.