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Lawrence Durrell
Birth date: February 27, 1912
Died: November 07, 1990
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Reading For The Heck Of It
Reading For The Heck Of It rated it 8 years ago
I made it to part 2...and did not finish it. Too pretentious and the way the women were characterized was deplorable. No thank you. SO disappointed.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 9 years ago
bookshelves: autumn-2015, palestine, israel, published-2012, film-only, middle-east, under-50-ratings, refugees, migrant-experience, jewish Recommended for: Laura, Wanda et al Read on October 29, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlInc...Description: A breathtaking novel of passion and polit...
philoSophie
philoSophie rated it 10 years ago
Even though it took me ages to finish this massive read, the eloquence and the elegancy of the prose blew me away. I absolutely adored the fact that the plot was non linear,at least during the first 3 books, whilst the landscape descriptions were mesmerizing and haunting.This is definitely an unpara...
travelin
travelin rated it 10 years ago
I bought this because I enjoyed his little brother's account of life in Greece very much. I was also hoping to learn more about Greek influence and Cyprus as a tourist destination.Although the first paragraphs of the book are quite purple, it seemed to promise to deliver the goods on stereotyping Cy...
Viking2917's books
Viking2917's books rated it 12 years ago
Lawrence Durrell is best known for his Alexandria Quartet, and his writings about travel in the Greek isles. As a long time resident of the islands and a diplomat in war-time Greece during World War II, he came to know and love the islands. I'm a huge fan of his Greece travel books, in particular Th...
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