The Retreat of Robert Rhodes - Peter Adamson

At the high point of his career, Robert Rhodes quits his university post to live alone in a half-ruined cottage in the remoteness of the Italian Apennines. Only to his daughter does he confess the true reason for his exile.
 
But as the summer wears on, Robert finds himself being drawn slowly, reluctantly, into the lives and dilemmas of others who have sought to separate themselves from the world for reasons of their own.
 
Peter is the author of four novels, short stories, poetry, and of course Landmark in Time and A Town Called Wallingford.
 
This is a wonderful, contemplative novel and if you've not yet experienced Peter's fiction writing now is definitely the time...