Sea and Sardinia - by D.H. Lawrence

This travelogue recounts Lawrence's impulsive January 1921 journey from Sicily to Sardinia with his wife Frieda, visiting ports like Cagliari, Mandas, Sorgono, and Nuoro. Blending poetic descriptions of rugged landscapes, ancient customs, and Sardinian folk life with introspective critiques of materialism and modernity, Lawrence captures the island's raw, untamed spirit as a brief escape from postwar disillusionment, celebrating human vitality and the "essential gesture" of existence through sensory, impressionistic prose.