From the Elephant's Back
Collected Essays & Travel Writings
Rare and previously unpublished essays and letters showcasing Durrell's wit, elegance, philosophy, joie de vivre and flaming intelligence (The Irish Times).The proverb says that whoever sees the world from the back of an elephant learns the secrets of the jungle and becomes a seer. I had to be content to become a poet. ?Lawrence DurrellBest known for his novels and travel writing, Lawrence Durrell defied easy classification within twentieth-century Modernism. His anti-authoritarian tendencies put him at odds with many contemporaries?aesthetically and politically. However, thanks to a compelling recontextualization by editor James Gifford, the…
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Weitere Autoren: Gifford, James (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-77212-059-2
- EAN: 9781772120592
- Produktnummer: 38073284
- Verlag: The University of Alberta Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 300 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
Born in Jalandhar, British India, in 1912 to Indian-born British colonials, Lawrence Durrell was a critically hailed and beloved novelist, poet, humorist, and travel writer best known for the Alexandria Quartet novels, which were ranked by the Modern Library as among the greatest works of English literature in the twentieth century. A passionate and dedicated writer from an early age, Durrell's prolific career also included the groundbreaking Avignon Quintet, whose first novel, Monsieur (1974), won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and whose third novel, Constance (1982), was nominated for the Booker Prize. He also penned the celebrated travel memoir Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (1957), which won the Duff Cooper Prize. Durrell corresponded with author Henry Miller for forty-five years, and Miller influenced much of his early work, including a provocative and controversial novel, The Black Book (1938). Durrell died in France in 1990.
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