<div><B>The basis for the powerful documentary narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Lewis&rsquo;s memoir of the Italian city after Nazi occupation is a &ldquo;masterpiece&rdquo; (Will Self).</B><BR />  <BR /> &ldquo;Vivid, lucid, elegant, often funny,&rdquo; <I>Naples &rsquo;44 </I>is the starkly human account of the true cost of war as seen through the eyes of a young, untested man who would never again look at his world the same way (<I>The New York Times Book Review).</I><BR />  <BR /> With his gift for linguistics, Norman Lewis was assigned to the British Intelligence Corps&rsquo; Field Security Service, tasked with reforming civil services, dealing with local leaders, and keeping the peace in places World War II had devastated.<BR />  <BR /> After a near-disastrous Allied landing at Salerno, Italy, Lewis was stationed in the newly liberated city of Naples. But bringing the city back to life was unlike anything he had been prepared for. Much of the populace was far from grateful, stealing anything they could, not only from each other but also from those sent to help them. Local vendettas and endless feuds made discerning friend from Nazi collaborator practically impossible, and turned attempts at meting out justice into a farce. And as the deprivations grew ever harsher, a proud and vibrant people were forced to survive on a diet of prostitution, corruption, and a desperate belief in miracles, cures, and saviors.<BR />  <BR /> But even through the darkness and chaos, Lewis evokes the essential dignity of the Neapolitan people, their traditions of civility, courage, and generosity of spirit, and the indefatigable pride that kept them fighting for life during the greatest calamity in human history.<BR />  <BR /> Praised by Graham Greene as &ldquo;one of the best writers . . . of our century,&rdquo; Norman Lewis presents a portrait of Naples that is a &ldquo;lyrical, ironic and detached account of the tempestuous, byzantine and opaque city in the aftermath of war&rdquo; (Will Self). His <I>Naples &rsquo;44 </I>&ldquo;reads like prose . . . sings like poetry&rdquo; (<I>The Plain Dealer</I>).<BR /><BR />  </div>

Naples '44

<div><B>An account by &ldquo;the finest travel writer of the last century&rdquo; of his journey through 1930s Spain in search of an ancestral tomb (<I>The New Yorker</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> In the 1930s, Norman Lewis and his brother-in-law, Eugene Corvaja, journeyed to Spain to visit the family&rsquo;s ancestral tomb in Seville. Seventy years later, with evocative and engrossing prose, Lewis recounts the trip, taken on the brink of the Spanish Civil War.<BR /><BR /> Witnesses to the changing political climate and culture, Lewis and Corvaja travel through the countryside from Madrid to Seville by bus, car, train, and on foot, encountering many surprises along the way. Dodging the skirmishes that will later erupt into war, they immerse themselves in the local culture and landscape, marveling at the many enchantments of Spain during this pivotal time in its history.</div>

The Tomb in Seville

<div><B>A memoir of a remote Spanish fishing village just after WWII, a community on the brink of change, by &ldquo;the finest travel writer of the last century&rdquo; (<I>The New Yorker</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> Seeking solace in the everyday after his World War II army service, travel writer Norman Lewis returns to his beloved Spain, to the fishing village of Farol, in the hopes of recapturing a lost sense of home. It is a place he knows better than his native England, and he finds the Spanish countryside &ldquo;still as nostalgically backward-looking as ever, still magnificent, still invested with all its ancient virtues and ancient defects.&rdquo; He spends three seasons as a fisherman, basking in the simplicity of village customs.<BR /><BR /> Lovingly written and richly evocative, <I>Voices of the Old Sea</I> is an absorbing look at a centuries-old lifestyle in its final days, as the tide of modernization threatens to change it forever.</div>

Voices of the Old Sea

<div><B>&ldquo;An absorbing introduction&rdquo; to the tribal peoples of India, their ancient traditions, and the remote regions that they inhabit (<I>Kirkus Reviews</I>).</B><BR />  In the 1990s, the fifty-four million members of India&rsquo;s tribal colonies accounted for seven percent of the country&rsquo;s total population&mdash;yet very little about them was recorded. Norman Lewis depicts India&rsquo;s jungles as being endangered by &ldquo;progress,&rdquo; and his sense of urgency in recording what he can about the country&rsquo;s distinct tribes results in a compelling and engaging narrative. From the poetic Muria people whose diet includes monkeys, red ants, and crocodiles, to the tranquil mountain tribes who may be related to the Australian Aborigines, to the naked Mundas people who may shoot, with bow and arrow, anyone who laughs in their direction, Lewis chronicles the unique characteristics of the many tribes that find their way of life increasingly threatened by the encroachment of modernity.</div>

A Goddess in the Stones

<div><B>The acclaimed travel writer recounts six decades of adventures around the globe, from conversations with Hemingway to his war service in North Africa.</B><BR /><BR /> The consummate gentleman adventurer, writer Norman Lewis spent more than half a century exploring the globe and chronicling the amazing things he found. In <I>The World, the World</I>, with his usual literary deftness and narrative skill,Lewis recounts a life spent traveling.<BR /><BR /> Beginning with a life-altering encounter on a train in 1937, Lewis takes us from his eclectic Gordon Street home in London to the far reaches of Indochina, Vietnam, Guatamala, India, and more. He also documents his time in the British Intelligence Corps, his encounters with the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Ian Fleming, and his publishing experiences with Jonathan Cape. At once witty, insightful, and poignant, <I>The World, the World </I>is an essential volume for established Lewis fans and new readers alike.</div>

The World, the World

<div><b>From Sumatra to East Timor and beyond, <i>An Empire of the East </i>is a fascinating look at a rapidly changing island nation<BR></b><BR>In <i>An Empire of the East</i>, renowned travel essayist Norman Lewis takes readers to Indonesia, where some thirteen thousand islands in the South Pacific are each colored with their own unique cultures and histories. With more than three hundred ethnic groups speaking two hundred fifty languages, the warmth and generosity of the island people is matched only by the country&rsquo;s complicated political and social landscape. Lewis&rsquo;s account tells of a country whose remarkable cultures&mdash;as well as its flora and fauna&mdash;are increasingly shaped by the waves of modernity and global tourism.</div>

An Empire of the East

<div><b>Poignant tales from the renowned travel writer&rsquo;s formative years<BR></b><BR>In over six decades as a travel writer, Norman Lewis earned acclaim for his vivid chronicles of life around the globe. In <i>I Came, I Saw</i>,Lewis turns his pen on his own life in an affecting, comical, and always-thoughtful autobiography.<BR><BR>He starts with his youth, when, at nine years old, he moved in with his eccentric aunts and his grandfather&mdash;a widower whose ambition was to turn him into a proper Welshman. Lewis recounts his grammar-school adventures, explores his relationship with his father, and recalls his introduction to his first wife, Ernestina, with whom he traveled extensively through Europe, Cuba, and America. He describes his time in the British Intelligence Corps during wartime&mdash;which allowed him further travels and honed his world perspective&mdash;as well as his experiences of fatherhood and life in Italy, which honed it further. <BR><i><BR>I Came, I Saw</i> is a masterwork of self-reflection by one of the most insightful writers of the twentieth century.</div>

I Came, I Saw

<div><B>The renowned travel writer delivers &ldquo;a scathing account of how some missionary sects deal with indigenous peoples in their bid for the conquest of souls&rdquo; (</B><B><I>Library Journal</I></B><B>).</B><BR />   Acclaimed travel essayist Norman Lewis spent his life traversing the globe and offering thoughtful commentary on the cultures he visited. In <I>The Missionaries</I>, he turns his critical lens on those missionaries who embed themselves in indigenous cultures to convert the locals to Christianity. What begins with the well-meaning goal of improving the lives of native people, though, often has the opposite effect.<BR /><BR /> Focusing mainly on tribes in South America, but also in Indochina and the Pacific Islands, Lewis demonstrates how various missionary organizations betray their originating principals and&mdash;whether knowingly or not&mdash;contribute to the destruction of entire cultures on a scale equivalent to that of genocide.</div>

The Missionaries

<div><b>Experience the far reaches of the world in this eclectic collection of travel essays by acclaimed writer Norman Lewis<BR></b><i><BR>The Happy Ant-Heap </i>is Norman Lewis&rsquo;s powerful and stylish collection of decades&rsquo; worth of travel writing. Lewis&rsquo;s deft social commentary captures life from all corners of the world&mdash;from the tales of a Cuban fighter pilot to the courtroom trial of the all-powerful Sicilian Mafia, and from oyster divers in Yemen to a flirtation with a possible murderess in Greece. Featuring some of his most remarkable adventures, <i>The Happy Ant-Heap </i>is a whirlwind tour around the globe from a writer at the pinnacle of his craft.</div>

The Happy Ant-Heap

<div><b>Consummate travel writer Norman Lewis&rsquo;s most remarkable travel essays, collected in one volume<BR></b><BR>&ldquo;You&rsquo;d find it of immense interest, I assure you, and full of amazing adventures.&rdquo; So says a British colonial official to Norman Lewis while imploring him to visit Yemen at a time when the country is rarely visited by Western travelers. And indeed, this splendid collection of Lewis&rsquo;s travel essays is full of amazing adventures.<BR><BR>Spanning sixty years and many countries, Lewis&rsquo;s writing dives deep into the cultures he visits and brings them to life with eloquent depictions of his personal experiences&mdash;from the Huichols of western Mexico to the hunter-gatherer-poet Indians of Paraguay; from the streets of Naples to the steppes of Russia during the Soviet era; and more.</div>

A Voyage by Dhow

<div><b>An engrossing collection of travel essays from esteemed writer Norman Lewis<BR></b><BR>Auberon Waugh called Norman Lewis &ldquo;the best travel writer of our age, if not the best since Marco Polo,&rdquo; and here, Lewis&rsquo;s trademark elegant prose is on display, along with his uncanny ability to travel to a place at an important cultural moment. Whether hunting for treasure in Bolivia, discovering forgotten pyramids, or feeding sharks, he draws us into what he calls &ldquo;the seductions of travel&rdquo; with ease, delivering cultural experiences with his usual depth, integrity, and elegance. </div>

Norman Lewis

Books By Norman Lewis (11 Books)