The Violins of Saint-Jacques
By Patrick Leigh Fermor
Introduction by James Campbell
By Patrick Leigh Fermor
Introduction by James Campbell
By Patrick Leigh Fermor
Introduction by James Campbell
By Patrick Leigh Fermor
Introduction by James Campbell
Part of NYRB Classics
Part of NYRB Classics
Category: Fairy Tales | Essays & Literary Collections
Category: Fairy Tales | Essays & Literary Collections
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$14.00
Jul 11, 2017 | ISBN 9781590177822
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Jul 11, 2017 | ISBN 9781590177952
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Praise
“Mr. Fermor’s elegant rococo fantasy about a volcanic eruption on an imaginary Caribbean island is just close enough to reality to raise a genuine shiver—possibly even a genuine tear. In truth, it is a small timeless masterpiece.” —Phoebe Lou Adams, The Atlantic
“The only work of fiction by Patrick “Paddy” Leigh Fermor (the decorated war hero, admired travel writer and stylist) is doubly a period piece. Written and first published just over half a century ago, in 1953, its main action is set another half-century before that, in 1902. It is also, in its way, a masterpiece…There is more than a hint of mischief, and indeed humour, about Paddy’s nostalgia for a lost world, and its ethereal afterglow that lives on in the violins of the title.” —Roderick Beaton, Times Literary Supplement
“A sojourn in the Caribbean inspired a travel book and a novella, set in 1902 on an island in the Antilles, about love and intrigue in the over-blown and over-mannered society of the French aristocracy…The Violins of Saint-Jacques is a masterpiece in the minor mode.” —Brian Vintcent, The Globe and Mail
“[The Violins of Saint-Jacques] brings alive the glamour and the passions of the planters in their heyday. This tale of a whole rich island being destroyed by a volcanic eruption in the middle of a splendid planters’ ball is based on the true story of the annihilation in 1902.” —Robin Hanbury-Tension, The Telegraph
“The Violins of Saint Jacques, filled with lush imagery and elaborate historical reconstruction, deserves to be more widely known.” —James Ferguson, Caribbean Beat
“A haunting threnody for a vanished world as the sole survivor remembers the glow and decadence of the Mardi Gras balls on the night when her Caribbean island was destroyed by a volcanic eruption.” —The Observer
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