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Man of the Sea

Summary/Abstract: La Capria, novelist of the sea. Not the violent ocean, as in the case of Melville, Hemingway or Conrad, but the joyful sea of summer holidays, with its enchanting texture of waves and hues of the depths, joyful and carefree. The novel by La Capria is a song of praise, a tribute to Mediterranean radiance, liberty, and infatuation. But it is also a sad story about the vanishing old world, the change that must come in the manner of a thundercloud after a hot summer day. It is impossible to replay the moment of happiness or to recover old love, but on the majority of La Capria’s pages the sea simply sparkles with fish, and people laugh, swim, dive, and live in spite of everything. They remain attached to water, which comforts them.

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