Prospero's Cell by Lawrence Durrell

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In his youth, before he became a celebrated writer and poet, Lawrence Durrell spent four transformative years on the island jewel of Corfu, fascinated by the idyllic natural beauty and blood-stained ancient history within its rocky shores. While his brother Gerald collected animals as a budding naturalist - later fictionalised in My Family and Other Animals and filmed as The Durrells in Corfu - Lawrence fished, drank and befriended the local villagers.After World War II catapulted him back into a turmoiled world, Durrell never forgot the wonders of Corfu. Prospero's Cell is his magical evocation of the blazing Aegean landscape, brimming with memories of the places and people that changed him forever. 'Cannot be bettered ...A classic ... His words still evoke the magical qualities of the island.' Telegraph'Some writers reinvent their language; others the world. Durrell did both.' André Aciman 'Invades the reader's every sense ... Show more