Spirit of Place: Letters and Essays on Travel
by Lawrence Durrell 
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The definitive collection of travel writings by one of the twentieth century's best-loved journeyersFrom the moment of his birth, Lawrence Durrell was far from home. A British child in India, he was sent to England to receive an education, and by his early twenties had already tired of his native land. With family in tow, he departed for Greece, and spent the rest of his life wandering the world. He traveled not to sightsee but to live, and made homes in Egypt, France, Yugoslavia, and show more Argentina. Each time he landed, he rooted himself deep into the native soil, taking in not just the sights and sounds of his new land, but the essential character of the country.In these letters and essays, Durrell exhibits the power of poetic observation that made his travel writing so extraordinary to postWorld War II readers. In these pages he reminds us not just of each country's hidden charms, but of the unique characteristics that persist through the generations. show lessTags
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We have here an unusual collection of Lawrence Durrell's travel writing--his descriptive, frank, and humorous comments on his travels has taken from his own letters, essays, and early novels -- a wonderful compilation of fact and fiction either never published before or unobtainable in book form.
essays and letters as Durrell lived in various place in Europe, Egypt and S. America
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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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- Travel, Nonfiction, Fiction and Literature, Biography & Memoir
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- 828.91209 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English miscellaneous writings English miscellaneous writings 1900- English miscellaneous writings 1900-1999 English miscellaneous writings 1900-1945 Individual authors not limited to or chiefly identified with one specific form.
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- PR6007 .U76 .S6 — Language and Literature English English Literature 1900-1960
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