num_pages: 336
description: Recounting the archaic beliefs of rural Corsica, with its witchcraft and its vendetta system, viewing Genoese architecture, or commenting on the modern "pleasure invasion", this book also evokes the scenery, the mountains and olive trees, the heady scent of the maquis and the austere beauty of the granite villages of Corsica. This book won the Heinemann Prize.
language: English
title: Granite Island: A Portrait of Corsica
titlecomplete: Granite Island: A Portrait of Corsica
genres: Folklore, Travel, Anthropology, Nonfiction, History, Classics, 20th Century, Travelogue, France
ratings_count: 151
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: W.H. Heinemann Award
publisher: Penguin