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Sicilian Carousel

Name: Sicilian Carousel
Author: Lawrence Durrell

Auteur: Lawrence Durrell

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Lawrence Durrell

Engels
Paperback
9780571362400
01 juli 2021
240 pagina's

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Lawrence Durrell

Lawrence Durrell was born in 1912 in India. He attended the Jesuit College at Darjeeling and St. Edmund's School, Canterbury. His first literary work, The Black Book, appeared in Paris in 1938. His first collection of poems, A Private Country, was published in 1943, followed by the three Island books: Prospero's Cell; Reflections on a Marine Venus, about Rhodes; and Bitter Lemons, his account of life in Cyprus. Durrell's wartime sojourn in Egypt led to his masterpiece, The Alexandria Quartet, which he completed in southern France, where he settled permanently in 1957. Between the quartet and The Avignon Quintet he wrote the two-decker Tunc and Nunquam. His oeuvre includes plays, a book of criticism, translations, travel writing, and humorous stories about the diplomatic corps. Caesar's Vast Ghost, his reflections on the history and culture of Provence, including a late flowering of poems, was published a few days before his death in Sommières in 1990.

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Lose yourself in this vivid travelogue evoking the historic Mediterranean island of Sicily by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu.

Lose yourself in this vivid travelogue evoking the historic Mediterranean island of Sicily by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu.

'A magician.' The Times

Despite decades spent poetically chronicling Mediterranean life in Rhodes, Cyprus and Corfu, celebrated travel writer Lawrence Durrell had never set foot on the largest island: Sicily.

For years, his friend Martine begged him to visit her on this sun-kissed paradise, but it took her sudden death to finally bring him to its shores - and he is not disappointed. Joining an eccentric tour group, Durrell immerses himself in the island's spectacular archaeological remains, and becomes dizzy with Sicily's rich history: its mysterious myths and meanings. Featuring unpublished poems and illustrated with elegant engravings. Sicilian Carousel is a gem that ranks with Durrell's finest work.

'Readers who have been to Sicily will love this book. Readers who have not been to Sicily will love this book.' Paul Fussell

'Like long letters from a civilized and very funny friend - the prose as luminous as the Mediterranean air he loves.' Time

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 juli 2021
Aantal pagina's: 240
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Lawrence Durrell
Hoofduitgeverij: Faber & Faber

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Editie: Main
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 129 mm
Product hoogte: 15 mm
Product lengte: 197 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 129 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 15 mm
Verpakking lengte: 197 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 195 g

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EAN: 9780571362400

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