Against the backdrop of the push for independence on cyprus in the early 1950s, the poet, novelist, and former british government official buys a house, secures a job, and settles in, yearning for a return to the island lifestyle of his youth. Winner of the duff cooper memorial prize, it is a document at once personal, poetic and subtly political a masterly combination of travelogue, memoir and treatise. In bitter lemons larry narrates his personal observations of a way of life rapidly disappearing, the colonial empire. Read from the elephants back by lawrence durrell for free with a 30 day free trial. Life on a mediterranean island bitter lemons durrell lawrence download bok. Here lawrence durrell crafts an exquisite and challenging modern novel that explores tragic love and the fluidity of recollection. Lawrence durrell author born in jalandhar, british india, in 1912 to indianborn 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 mod. Jan 05, 2009 a word on the title i chose this edition, which is an american reprint which i couldnt help noticing strongly suggests the style of the faber paperbacks of the 1950s and 60s, because it uses lawrence durrell s original title. Bitter lemons of cyprus by lawrence durrell waterstones.
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