Prospero's Cell: A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the Island of Corfu - Couverture souple

Durrell, Lawrence

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1604190035 ISBN 13 : 9781604190038

Editeur : Axios Pr, 2008

Synopsis

Prospero's Cell Prospero's Cell is the story of a young man's escape from a grey, industrialized England to a sunny Greek island. Durrell, later a world famous novelist, had it all: a new wife, a life of swimming, fishing, sailing, reading and writing, good food and wine, colorful new friends, and an historic island of captivating beauty. Then this enchanting idyll abruptly ends with the onset of World War II and... Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Subtitled: A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the Island of Corcyra (Corfu). An odd, melancholic work, at once a character study and brief memoir as well as a travel guide. Written by the author in the mid-'30s when he and wife lived on the island (and awaited publication of the Black Book), but not published 'til years later, when memory and a world war changed things dramatically.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Axios Pr
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1604190035
• ISBN 13: 9781604190038
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible