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Durrell, Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569247838 ISBN 13: 9781569247839

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1997

Synopsis

A bus tour around the island and Durrell's fellow travellers occasion a review of Sicily's sights and history, of Mediterranean civilization and its Sicilian manifestations, and of Sicily's Greek, Roman, Arab, Norman, Spanish, and Austrian legacies

About this title

About the Author

Born in Jalandhar, British India, in 1912 to Indian-born British colonials, Lawrence Durrell was a critically hailed and beloved novelist, poet, humorist, and travel writer best known for the Alexandria Quartet novels, which were ranked by the Modern Library as among the greatest works of English literature in the twentieth century. A passionate and dedicated writer from an early age, Durrell s prolific career also included the groundbreaking Avignon Quintet, whose first novel, "Monsieur "(1974), won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and whose third novel, "Constance "(1982), was nominated for the Booker Prize. He also penned the celebrated travel memoir "Bitter Lemons of Cyprus "(1957), which won the Duff Cooper Prize. Durrell corresponded with author Henry Miller for forty-five years, and Miller influenced much of his early work, including a provocative and controversial novel, "The Black Book "(1938). Durrell died in France in 1990.

Edition details

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1569247838
• ISBN 13: 9781569247839
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 223