The Lawrence Durrell Travel Reader
by Lawrence Durrell 
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Notes on travel from the Mediterranean's sharpest observerFew men have traveled as wisely as Lawrence Durrell. Born in India, he lived in Corfu as a young man, enjoying salt air, cobalt water, and an unfettered bohemian lifestyle. Over the following decades, he rambled around the Mediterranean, making homes in Egypt, Cyprus, and Greece. Each time he moved, he asked himself why he felt compelled to travel. In this book, he gives his answer.Durrell knew that the wise traveler looks not for show more pleasure, education, or landmarks, but is hungry for a sense of placethe element of a landscape, city, or nation that makes its people who they are. In this anthology, passages from Durrell's classic Mediterranean writings are paired with observations on other lands. His writing is poetic, lush, and achingly clear, for this was a man who truly saw the world. show lessTags
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Lawrence Durrell was born on February 27, 1912 in Jullundur, India to British parents. During World War II, he served as a British press officer. His first novel, Pied Piper of Lovers, was published in 1935, but was considered a failure. Some of his other works include The Black Book, The Alexandria Quartet, The Avignon Quintet, and Caesar's Vast show more Ghost: A Portrait of Provence. Bitter Lemons won the Duff Cooper Prize in 1959. He died on November 7, 1990 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1945-1977; 2004: First published in this form
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- Travel, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 828.912 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English miscellaneous writings English miscellaneous writings 1900- English miscellaneous writings 1900-1999 English miscellaneous writings 1900-1945
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- PR6007 .U76 — Language and Literature English English Literature 1900-1960
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