Sea and Sardinia

One of his happiest books, Sea and Sardinia is full of movement and feeling, and in it Lawrence brings to life the vigorous spontaneity of a society as yet untouched by the deadening effect of industrialization. “The most charming work he ever wrote and by far the best introduction to his oeuvre… Sea and Sardinia… a small miracle of a book… a wonderful self-portrait… shows Lawrence at his most attractive” (Anthony Burgess, Flame into being).