Wild Olives - Life in Majorca with Robert Graves

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.

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: Random House 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 197 mm x 16 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