Bitter Lemons of Cyprus by Lawrence Durrell Paperback Book

Description: Bitter Lemons of Cyprus by Lawrence Durrell Lose yourself in this classic prize-winning memoir of life in 1950s Cyprus on the brink of revolution by the legendary king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Stunning. - Andre AcimanThese days I am admiring and re-admiring Lawrence Durrell. - Elif ShafakCyprus, 1953. As the island fights for independence from British colonial rule, ancient conflicts between Turkish and Greek Cypriots trouble the glittering Mediterranean waters. Into the brewing political storm enters Lawrence Durrell, yearning for the idyllic island lifestyle of his youth in Corfu.He settles into a dilapidated villa, and with his poets eye for beauty - and passable Greek - vividly captures the moods and atmospheres of island life in a changing world. Whether collecting folklore or wild flowers, describing the brewing revolution or eccentric local characters, Durrell is a magician with words: and the result is not only a classic travel memoir, but an intimate portrait of a community lost forever.WINNER OF THE DUFF COOPER MEMORIAL PRIZEBrilliant ... Never for a moment does Durrell lose the poets touch. - New York Times Author Biography Lawrence Durrell was a British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. Born in 1912 in India to British colonial parents, he was sent to school in England and later moved to Corfu with his family - a period which his brother Gerald fictionalised in My Family and Other Animals- later filmed as ITVs The Durrells in Corfu - and which he himself described in Prosperos Cell. The first of Durrells island books, this was followed by Reflections on a Marine Venus on Rhodes; Bitter Lemons, on Cyprus, which won the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize; and, later, The Greek Islands.Durrells first major novel, The Black Book, was published in 1938 in Paris, where he befriended Henry Miller and Anais Nin - and it was praised by T. S. Eliot, who published his poetry in 1943. A wartime sojourn in Egypt inspired his bestselling masterpiece, The Alexandria Quartet (Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea) which he completed in his new home in Southern France, where in 1974 he began The Avignon Quintet. When he died in 1990, Durrell was one of the most celebrated writers in British history. Review Masterly ... Casts a spell. - Jan MorrisInvades the readers every sense ... Remarkable. - Victoria HislopOur last great garlicky master of the vanishing Mediterranean. - Richard HolmesExceptional ... Revelatory ... A master. - ObserverHe writes as an artist, as well as a poet . Profoundly beautiful. - New Statesman Promotional Lose yourself in this classic prize-winning memoir of life in 1950s Cyprus on the brink of revolution by the legendary king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. Long Description Lose yourself in this classic prize-winning memoir of life in 1950s Cyprus on the brink of revolution by the legendary king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. Stunning. - Andre Aciman These days I am admiring and re-admiring Lawrence Durrell. - Elif Shafak Cyprus, 1953. As the island fights for independence from British colonial rule, ancient conflicts between Turkish and Greek Cypriots trouble the glittering Mediterranean waters. Into the brewing political storm enters Lawrence Durrell, yearning for the idyllic island lifestyle of his youth in Corfu. He settles into a dilapidated villa, and with his poets eye for beauty - and passable Greek - vividly captures the moods and atmospheres of island life in a changing world. Whether collecting folklore or wild flowers, describing the brewing revolution or eccentric local characters, Durrell is a magician with words: and the result is not only a classic travel memoir, but an intimate portrait of a community lost forever. WINNER OF THE DUFF COOPER MEMORIAL PRIZE Brilliant ... Never for a moment does Durrell lose the poets touch. - New York Times Review Text Masterly ... Casts a spell. - Jan Morris Invades the readers every sense ... Remarkable. - Victoria Hislop Our last great garlicky master of the vanishing Mediterranean. - Richard Holmes Exceptional ... Revelatory ... A master. - Observer He writes as an artist, as well as a poet . Profoundly beautiful. - New Statesman Promotional "Headline" Lose yourself in this classic prize-winning memoir of life in 1950s Cyprus on the brink of revolution by the legendary king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. Details ISBN0571362362 Author Lawrence Durrell Publisher Faber & Faber ISBN-10 0571362362 ISBN-13 9780571362363 Year 2021 Publication Date 2021-07-01 UK Release Date 2021-07-01 Format Paperback Imprint Faber & Faber Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-07-01 Pages 288 Edition Description Main Replaces 9780571201556 DEWEY 956.9303 Audience General NZ Release Date 2021-09-13 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133120088;

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