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      Wild Olives: Life in Majorca With Robert Graves

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      William Graves conveys the texture of life in Majorca, where he lived from the age of five in the household of his father, the poet Robert Graves. The book is also a portrait of Robert Graves, his "Muses" and his entourage, and a study of how the son of a famous father finds his own identity.

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      Product ID:9780712601160
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Wild Olives
      Subtitle:Life in Majorca With Robert Graves
      Authors:Author: William Graves
      Page Count:272
      Subjects:Autobiography: writers, Autobiography: literary, Literary studies: poetry and poets, The countryside, country life: general interest, Literary studies: poetry & poets, The countryside, country life, Balearic islands
      Description:William Graves conveys the texture of life in Majorca, where he lived from the age of five in the household of his father, the poet Robert Graves. The book is also a portrait of Robert Graves, his "Muses" and his entourage, and a study of how the son of a famous father finds his own identity.

      In 1944, at the age of five, William Graves was taken from England to the delightful mountain village of Deya in Majorca, where his father - the poet Robert Graves - had returned with his new family to the place he had lived with Laura Riding before the war.

      Young William grew up in the shadow of this great writer in the Englishness of the Graves household, while experiencing the ways of life of the Majorcans, which had hardly changed for hundreds of years.

      Wonderfully observant, and full of feeling for the locality, this book is also a fascinating portrait of Robert Graves himself, his ''Muses'', and his entourage, and a revealing study of how the son of a famous father finds his own identity.


      Imprint Name:Pimlico
      Publisher Name:Vintage
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2001-08-02

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      Weight198 g
      Dimensions196 × 146 × 17 mm