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...
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...
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...
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...
(master review copy at: http://viking2917.blogspot.com/2008/01/greek-islands.html, reproduced here) I'm currently reading "The Greek Islands" by Lawrence Durrell. First, let's be clear. I haven't been to Greece, although (like many I am sure), I dream of a day when I can pilot my own sailboat into ...
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...
Dedication: To EVE these memorials of her native cityOpening: The sea is high today, with a thrilling flush of wind. In the midst of winter you can feel the inventions of spring.Beautiful writing going on here. P.21 phthsic definition: 1. Variant of phthisis.2. Archaic Any illness of the lungs or th...
A magnificent work, tightly constructed... it is impossible to consider these four volumes independently. Though published separately, they form a whole. I had thought about reading this since I was 20, when I had read what Henry Miller had to say about Durrell. Of course, I would not have understo...
Concise Summary:The book is difficult. Words such as immoral sophistry and highbrow drivel come to mind. The last part induced me to raise the rating from one to two stars. In this part Lawrence Durrell switches from excessive philosophizing to a resolution to the "characters" egotistical behavior. ...
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