Time Was Away

by Alan Ross

'It was rugged travel; the hotels where we stayed were basic and often dirty. We lived on bread, cheese, figs, pastis and wine. The bus journeys were slow and suffocating, with long stops for no particular reason. One day we would be languishing in the humid heat of an estuary, the next exhilarated by sweet mountain air, waking to forests and mountains. We never saw an English person, and hardly any French, except at Calvi and Ile-Rousse towards the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571269923
• ISBN13: 9780571269921
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"