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  • Bitter Lemons of Cyprus

    by Lawrence Durrell ...
    Lose yourself in this classic prize-winning memoir of life in 1950s Cyprus on the brink of revolution by the legendary king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu.'Stunning.' André Aciman'Masterly ... Casts a spell.' Jan Morris'Invades the reader's every sense ... Remarkable.' Victoria Hislop'These days I am... ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Alexandria Quartet

    Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea

    by Lawrence Durrell ...
    Rediscover one of the twentieth century's greatest romances in Lawrence Durrell's seductive tale of four tangled lovers in wartime Egypt that is 'stunning' (André Aciman) and 'wonderful' (Elif Shafak).'A masterpiece.' Guardian'A formidable, glittering achievement.' TLS'One of the great works of English fiction.' Times'Dazzlingly exuberant ... Superb.'</str... ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

  • Blue Thirst

    Tales of Life Abroad

    by Lawrence Durrell ...
    A pair of lectures from one of the twentieth century's most mesmerizing speakers, the New York Times –bestselling author of the Alexandria Quartet.Lawrence Durrell was in his early twenties when, tired of the stiffness of London life, he took his family to live in Corfu. Interwar Greece, whose hard beds and mosquito swarms Durrell documented so tenderly in Prospero's Cell, was no more. In the ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Smile in the Mind's Eye

    An Adventure into Zen Philosophy

    by Lawrence Durrell ...
    The "virtuoso" New York Times –bestselling author's memoir of his spiritual journey with famed Taoist philosopher Jolan Chang ( The New York Times ).Beginning with their first meeting over lunch at Lawrence Durrell's Provencal home, Durrell and Jolan Chang—renowned Taoist philosopher and expert on Eastern sexuality—developed an enduring relationship based on mutual spiritual expl... ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spirit of Place

    Mediterranean Writings edited by A.G.Thomas

    by Lawrence Durrell ...
    Lose yourself in the definitive collection of glorious travel sketches by our century's best loved voyager and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu.'Depicts the brio of Durrell's existence with intoxicating vividness.' New York Times'Much more than just a chronicle of his travels ... Reveals Durrell's honesty, outspokenness, warmth, and extreme sensitivity to people and to the beauty ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • The Black Book

    by Durrell,Lawrence ...
    Excerpt Let us take a novelist-in-the-cupboard peep at Tarquin. He has already managed to crawl out of his tepid bed and lift the window sash. The sight of the snow disgusts him. By instinct he hops back and draws the covers up to his chin, trying to hurl himself back into dream with skinny ferocity. No good. Then he remembers the dream he was having and broods pleasantly upon it. A girl on a ... Read more

    $1.00 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From the Elephant's Back

    Collected Essays & Travel Writings

    by Lawrence Durrell ...
    Rare and previously unpublished essays and letters showcasing "Durrell's wit, elegance, philosophy, joie de vivre and flaming intelligence" ( The Irish Times)."The proverb says that whoever sees the world from the back of an elephant learns the secrets of the jungle and becomes a seer. I had to be content to become a poet." ?Lawrence DurrellBest known for his novels and travel writing, Lawrence ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reflections on a Marine Venus

    A Companion to the Landscape of Rhodes

    by Lawrence Durrell ...
    Lose yourself in this classic travelogue evoking the Greek island of Rhodes after World War II by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu.'A magician ... Durrell enchants.' The Times'A lovely book ... Makes people feel happy ... [So] pleasurable.' Observer'A poet's intoxication with landscape, a humanist's appetite for history, and an eye fo... ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • The Lawrence Durrell Travel Reader

    by Lawrence Durrell ...
    A collection of travel essays from the New York Times –bestselling author whose writing sparkles with "prose as luminous as the Mediterranean air he loves" ( Time ).Few men have traveled as wisely as Lawrence Durrell. Born in India, he lived in Corfu as a young man, enjoying salt air, cobalt water, and an unfettered bohemian lifestyle. Over the following decades, he rambled aroun... ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Prospero's Cell

    by Lawrence Durrell ...
    Lose yourself in this glorious memoir of the island jewel of Corfu by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu.'In its gem-like miniature quality, among the best books ever written.' New York TimesIn 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 ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • The Revolt of Aphrodite

    Tunc and Nunquam

    by Lawrence Durrell ...
    When a genius inventor is seduced by a mysterious firm to create a robot, technology may save him - or be his undoing ... Lose yourself in this dystopian novel by the bestselling author of The Alexandria Quartet .'A superb craftsman and stylist.' New York TimesFelix Charlock is a world-famous inventor. His scientific genius draws him into the web of a sinister multinational corporation called ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • The Dark Labyrinth

    A Novel

    by Lawrence Durrell ...
    A morality tale from the New York Times –bestselling author that will "delight lovers of the sensuous world of the Greek islands" ( The New York Times ).A group of English cruise-ship tourists debark to visit the isle of Crete's famed labyrinth, the City in the Rock. The motley gathering includes a painter, a poet, a soldier, an elderly married couple, a medium, a convalescent gi... ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus