The Violins of Saint Jacques by Simon Winchester, Patrick Leigh Fermor

The Violins of Saint Jacques

Simon Winchester, Patrick Leigh Fermor

148 pages first pub 1953 (editions)

fiction classics historical travel reflective slow-paced
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Originally published in 1953, this novel was immediately hailed as a rare sweep of color across the drab post-war years. Fermor's writing about this tropical island is as beautiful and haunting as the sound of the violins rising from the water, wh...

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