{"product_id":"9780571297863","title":"Reflections on Blue Water: Journeys in the Gulf of Naples and in the Aeolian Islands","description":"\u003cp\u003e'This  valedictory volume is the quintessence of [Alan] Ross, a deft and deceptively  airy set of literary wanderings through a part of the Mediterranean -  the islands of the south-western coast of Italy - he had known since  being demobilised from the Royal Navy at the end of the Second World  War... Ross's memoir is a showcase for a supremely  poetic sensibility, and a naturally gifted writer with an unerring eye  for detail, reporting on his experience with an infectiously joyous  lyricism.' Eldon King, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A fund of associative literary information that  could only have been amassed by a passionate reader. Gorky, Ibsen,  Rilke, DH Lawrence, Walter Benjamin, Pablo Neruda and scores more wrote  in or near Ischia; Ross describes their books and their lives with  detailed succinctness, en route dipping in and out of his own thoughts  and travel observations.' Helen Simpson, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103580111088,"sku":"9780571297863","price":20.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571297863_p0.jpg?v=1763718101","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571297863","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}