South Wind by George Norman Douglas(Norman Douglas),he was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind.His travel books such as his 1915 Old Calabria were also appreciated for the quality of their writing.This book is Douglas' most famous book.It is set on an imaginary island called Nepenthe, located off the coast of Italy in the Tyrrhenian Sea,a thinly fictionalized description of Capri's residents and visitors.