The Story of San Michele
$27.48
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
9 December 2004
Summary
This ‘dream-laden and spooked’ (Marina Warner, London Review of Books) story is to many one of the best-loved books of the twentieth century.
Munthe spent many years working as a doctor in Southern Italy, labouring unstintingly during typhus, cholera and earthquake disasters. It was during this period that he came across the ruined Tiberian villa of San Michele, perched high above the glittering Bay of Naples on Capri. With the help of Mastro Nicola and his three sons, and with only a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780719566998 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0719566991 |
| Author: | Axel Munthe |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 9 December 2004 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
One of the most fascinating of books, wise in its appraisal of men, overflowing with humour and edged with irony, sharper than a surgeon’s knife. There are chapters which are veritable de Maupassant plots in their concise and dramatic realism. - New York Herald Tribune
Told with a power and an honesty which makes this a very remarkable document. - TLSThe Story of San Michele has style, wit, humour, great knowledge of the world, mixed with that strange simplicity of mind that is often the attribute of genius. - ObserverRomantic, realistic, pitiful and enchanting, this is the record of a citadel of the soul … all fantasy does it seem? Impossible? Absurd? But San Michele stands there on the hill for witness. A miracle? Well, every work of art is a miracle, and every beautiful thing the shrine of a realized dream. - Daily TelegraphA most interesting and lovable revelation, enchantingly described. - PunchI have found Dr Munthe’s reminiscences intensely interesting and enjoyable, and it is hard to convey their charm of mingled pathos and humour or their multiplicity of appeal. - Illustrated London NewsIt is an amazing book: wonderfully beautiful at times, appallingly horrible at others. For horrors he rivals Poe, recounting his gruesome experiences with a quiet simplicity which is strikingly effective. - Western Mail‘A beautifully written series of episodes from Paris to Capri, …recounting the author’s struggle to discover what he desires from life.’ - Matthew Linnecar - GeographicalAbout The Author
Axel Munthe
Born in Sweden in 1857, Axel Munthe trained to be a doctor in Paris at a precociously early age, establishing a fashionable practice (Maupassant and Strindberg were his patients) and quickly gaining an international reputation. He became the friend of royalty; Tsar Nicholas asked him to look after his son - Rasputin was their second choice.
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