Prospero's cell : a guide to the landscape and manners of the island of Corcyra
Durrell, Lawrence, 1912-2000
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Prospero's Cell is a historical account, a personal journey and a travel guide to the island of Corfu, written in prose. A guide to the landscape and manners of the island of Corfu.'One of Lawrence Durrell's best books - indeed, in its gem-like miniature quality, among the best books ever written.' Freya Stark'This charming idyll depicts the country life and cosmopolitan society of Corfu in the years immediately before the war . . . The matter of it is as sound as the story is delightful.' Sunday Times'Corfu, that Ionian island whose idyllic yet blood-stained history goes back the best part of a thousand years, could not have found a fitter chronicler than Mr Durrell. For he is a poet, with all a poet's sensibility, and a humanist to boot, with a keen eye for character and a scholar's reverence for antiquity.' Daily Telegraph
Main title:
Prospero's cell : a guide to the landscape and manners of the island of Corcyra / Lawrence Durrell.
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2000.
Collation:
xii, 176p., [8]p. of plates : facsims., map ; 18 cm.
Notes:
This ed. originally published: 1975.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
97805712016559780571201655 (pbk)
Dewey class:
914.95504914.955949.55
Language:
English
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BRN:
2070493
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