Prospero's Cell A Guide To The Landscape And Manners of The Island Of Corfu

by Durrell, Lawrence

• ISBN13: 9781604190038
• ISBN10: 1604190035
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-29
• Publisher: Axios Pr

Summary

"Prospero's Cell is a diary of Lawrence Durrell's life on Corfu just before World War II. Early in 1937, at the age of 25, he and his new wife took an old fisherman's house on the north end of the island and began to explore and describe the enchanted world that they found. They swam, fished, sailed, harvested olives, savored wine and foods unknown in England, visited sites of interest and beauty, and enjoyed meeting a procession of colorful locals. This island idyll came to an abrupt end in 1941, as the Germans prepared their invasion of Greece."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Introduction	p. 1
Divisions upon Greek Ground	p. 9
The Island Saint	p. 35
Ionian Profiles	p. 47
Karaghiosis: The Laic Hero	p. 69
History and Conjecture	p. 89
Landscape with Olive Trees	p. 145
The Vintage Time	p. 187
Epilogue in Alexandria	p. 205
Appendix for Travelers	p. 211
Lear's Corfu	p. 223
Brief Bibliography in English	p. 245
Index	p. 247
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