Sicilian Carousel
Having immersed himself in the islands of Rhodes, Corfu and Cyprus, Lawrence Durrell turns to Sicily, the largest of the Mediterranean islands, with its long and varied history and its spectacular archaeological remains. To equip himself for this formidable task, Durrell joined a tour, the 'Sicilian Carousel', and the account of his travels with a mixed bag of companions is characteristically sharp and witty. But the deeper theme is Mediterranean civilization, its manifestations and its meaning, not only in Sicily but in Greece, in Italy, in Southern France. The book includes several poems by Durrell, not previously published, all inspired by…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-571-32749-2
- EAN: 9780571327492
- Produktnummer: 19585292
- Verlag: Faber & Faber
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H13.1 cm x B19.8 cm x D1.6 cm 204 g
- Auflage: Main
- Gewicht: 204
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Lawrence Durrell was born in 1912 in India. His first literary work, The Black Book, appeared in Paris in 1958. Durrell's wartime sojourn in Egypt led to his masterpiece The Alexandria Quartet, completed in southern France where he settled permanently in 1957.
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