Wild Olives - Life in Majorca with Robert Graves

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.

About the author

William Graves

Summary

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.

Foreword

William Graves’ memoir about growing up with a famous father and living in Majorca through the middle of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: William Graves
• Publisher: Vintage Books UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.08.2001
• EAN: 9780712601160
• ISBN: 978-0-7126-0116-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 196 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic; Balearic Islands, The countryside, country life: general interest, Literary studies: poetry & poets, The countryside, country life, Autobiography: writers, Literary studies: poetry and poets, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional