The Violins of Saint-Jacques: A tale of the Antilles – Patrick Leigh Fermor

This brief and ornate novel is another one I picked up after reading this.

The framing device uses a stately Frenchwoman who reminded me of Agnes Varda, who relates her experiences on an exotic Caribbean island at the start of the twentieth century. The tropical, aristocratic setting is evoked vividly and the climactic volcanic eruption is memorably described.