Lawrence Durrell Libri

Vietato per quasi trent’anni in tutti i paesi anglosassoni (dal 1934, quando uscì presso una piccola casa editrice parigina, al 1961, anno in cui ne fu liberalizzata la vendita negli Stati Uniti), Tropico del Cancro si è trascinato a lungo, troppo a lungo, la fama di libro prima di tutto “scandaloso”, adatto solo a lettori in cerca di sensazioni forti. In realtà è uno dei romanzi più innovativi e importanti dell’intero Novecento americano, che si avvale di una lingua originalissima nel suo porsi come radicalmente antiletteraria, e che visita con impressionante realismo gli ambienti e i personaggi della particolarissima migrazione intellettuale dagli States a Parigi, molto abbondante soprattutto nei tardi anni Venti.Rigorosamente autobiografico, il libro non si costruisce secondo un vero e proprio intreccio, ma si muove liberamente da un incontro all’altro, da una sbronza all’altra, da un amplesso all’altro, in un mondo popolato di giovani artisti senza un soldo, di piccoli truffatori, di prostitute, di debosciati e fannulloni di vario tipo: una bohème ormai molto poco romantica, che riflette innanzi tutto una cupa desolazione.

The time is pre World WarII and set in Provence. Features some of the characters who appeared in 'Monsieur'.

With Quinx Lawrence Durrell complets his Avignon Quintet, a quincunx of highly original novels to rival his famour Alexandria Quartet. Monsieur, Livia, Constance, Sebastian and now Quinx comprise a beautifully constructed major work, rich in invention, phsycological truth and sheer entertainment.

Humoristiske skildringer fra diplomatverdenen.

The Living Past of Greece offers an ingenious combination of chronology and topography which the reader will find he can use as a field guide, when actually visiting sites, or for more simple and solitary enjoyment from the comfort of an armchair. From Thermopylae and Olympia to the de-bunking of the Atlantis myth and the story of Thera, this book is a fresh and intimate glimpse into prehistoric Hellenic and Byzantine Greece.

Summary: Consisting of Justine , Balthazar , Mountolive and Clea - The Alexandria Quartet explores the sexual and political intrigues of a group of expatriates in Egypt before and after the Second World War.

The magnificent final volume of one of the most widely acclaimed fictional masterpieces of the postwar era. Few books have been awaited as eagerly as Clea, the sensuous and electrically suspenseful novel that resolves the enigmas of the Alexandria Quartet. Some years and one world war was after his bizarre liaisons with Melissa and Justine, the Irish émigré Darley becomes enmeshed with the bisexual artist Clea. That affair not only changes the lovers, it transforms the dead as well, revealing new layers of duplicity and desire, perversity and pathos in Lawrence Durrell’s masterly construction. “A massive, marvelously concrete, deeply felt statement of faith. . . . His style glows with the mineral deposits of many cultures. One of the most important works of our time has come to an end.”—The New York Times Book Review “Clea rounds out the tetralogy with grace, beauty, and stunning impact. . . . This rich, exciting fare is Durrell’s finest writing style, a manner of writing few living authors can equal. . . . A magnificent achievement.”—The Detriot News “The reader is carried along on a current of superbly accomplished prose, as flexible and colorful as that of any contemporary writer. . . . What Durrell has given us is well worth having.”—San Francisco Chronicle

From one of the last century's greatest storytellers, Lawrence Durrell, comes a sumptuous collection of essays that describe the author's unique and cherished approach to life, with its pagan enjoyments as well as its intellectual pursuits. The book contains Durrell's articles about the Mediterranean and Aegean islands he loved so much, along with passages from his letters. My books are always about living in places, Durrell wrote, not just rushing through them.

During sessions with his psychiatrist, Balthazar, their intricate love affair is cast in a radical, sinister light, illuminating a mysterious plot connected to a recent murder - but Lawrence Durrell's dazzling, kaleidoscopic storytelling means that nothing is ever as it seems ...