This book records Lawrence’s journey to Sardinia and back in January 1921 when he lived in Sicily. It reveals his response to a new landscape and people, and his ability to transmute the spirit of place into literary art. Like his other travel writings, the book is also a shrewd inquiry into the political and social values of an era which saw the rise of communism and fascism. On one level an indictment of contemporary materialism, SEA AND SARDINIA is nevertheless an optimistic book, celebrating the creativity of the human spirit and seeking, in the fundamental laws which governed human nature in the past, fresh inspiration for the present.
