The Story of San Michele - Axel Munthe

The book The Story Of San Michele has stayed with me for about 45 years, I think I was 16 when I read the German translation. When I visited Capri for the first time at the age of 21, I had already forgotten most of its content, I only remembered the part dealing with the villa San Michele the author built in Anacapri, the upper village of the island, that gave the book its title, two further visits many years late emphasized this part of the book. Last year when I was in Naples I browsed through the English corner of a bookshop and found the English version (which is the original one, the Swede Axel Munthe wrote the book in English), my first thought was, ...  Read the complete review