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Durrell,Lawrence

Reflections on a Marine Venus : A Companion to the Landscape of Rhodes

Faber & Faber, 1978

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Year of publication
1978
ISBN
0571053769
Place of printing
London
Author
Durrell,Lawrence
Publishers
Faber & Faber
Edition
Reprint
Keyword
MODERN GREECE GREEK ISLANDS DODECANESE RHODES
Binding description
S
Dust jacket
No
Binding
Softcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

"World War II is finally over, and after four torturous years serving the Crown in Egypt, Lawerence Durrell seeks peace in the landscapes he has loved ever since his youth in Corfu: Mediterranean islands. He is posted to the Greek island of Rhodes, and from his first dip in the dazzling blue Aegean - which jolts his soul awake for the first time in years - he immerses himself in the rhythms and moods of local life, befriending eccentric villagers and quaffing ouzo as through the war was a distant dream. With his dazzling poet's eye and passion for excavating ancient history, Durrell recaptures the mythic Rhodes of legend, of knights and crusades, that lies beneath its war-ravaged surface. It is a place that you will never forget." 198p. bibliography.