Download PDF Pagan Light Dreams of Freedom and Beauty in Capri Jamie James Books

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288 pages of artists/authors that you've never heard of (you've heard of a few, but the author seems to focus on the most obscure of the bunch, with chapters that go on forever). I got no sense of the place itself, just of wealthy, usually gay, artists seeking a temporary shelter from their lives and bickering with each other, with a large part of the action actually taking place not on Capri.
I requested this book because I fell in love with Capri and was happy to see a book about this wonderful place.
The book is amazing, well written and engaging.
You meet a lot of the historical characters who lived there when it was a paradise for people who were outcasted for political or sexual reasons.
The pagan word in the title refers to the atmosphere that is on the island has no religious meaning.
It's an amazing well researched trip that makes you crave for going there.
I look forward to reading other books by this writer.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Netgalley for this ARC