Lawrence Durrell: Judith
The latest addition to my website is Lawrence Durrell's Judith. This novel was only published in 2012, thirty-two years after Durrell's death. It was originally written as a screenplay for…
The latest addition to my website is Lawrence Durrell's Judith. This novel was only published in 2012, thirty-two years after Durrell's death. It was originally written as a screenplay for…
The latest addition to my website is Marina Warner's The Lost Father. Warner is best known as a cultural critic, writing primarily about myth, fairy tales and art. She has…
The latest addition to my website is Lawrence Durrell's Quinx or The Ripper's Tale, the last book in his his Avignon Quintet. We might have hoped for a great summing-up…
The latest addition to my website is Lawrence Durrell's Sebastian or Ruling Passions, the fourth in his Avignon Quintet. This is definitely the weakest (and shortest) one so far and…
I noticed Will Self's tired article on the death of the novel a couple of days ago but, having skimmed through it, I felt it really was not worth reading…
I was sad to see that poet and novelist Rosemary Tonks had died. She was famously reclusive. She wrote five novels, of which I own a couple. Naturally, I have…
The latest addition to my website is Lawrence Durrell's Constance or Solitary Practices, the third book in Durrell's Quincunx series. This one is set during World War II, with the…
The latest addition to my website is Lawrence Durrell's Livia or Buried Alive. This is the second book in Durrell's Avignon Quintet but not, in my view, as good as…
The latest addition to my website is Lawrence Durrell's Monsieur or The Prince of Darkness, the first in Durrell's Avignon Quintet. It starts with the apparent suicide of Piers de…
The latest addition to my website is Lawrence Durrell's Nunquam, the second-part of a two part series, started with Tunc. This one starts off where Tunc ended and finds Felix…