Bibliograph

Bitter lemons, life on a Mediterranean island, Lawrence Durrell

Type

Label

Bitter lemons, life on a Mediterranean island, Lawrence Durrell

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bitter lemons

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Lawrence Durrell

Sub title

life on a Mediterranean island

Summary

On a Mediterranean island divided, a man finds peace in a time of perilous unrest in this stunning memoir. In 1953, as the British Empire relaxes its grip upon the world, the island of Cyprus bucks for independence. Some cry for union with Athens, others for an arrangement that would split the island down the middle, giving half to the Greeks and the rest to the Turks. For centuries, the battle for the Mediterranean has been fought on this tiny spit of land, and now Cyprus threatens to rip itself in half. Into this escalating conflict steps Lawrence Durrell: poet, novelist, and a former British government official. After years serving the Crown in the Balkans, he yearns for a return to the island lifestyle of his youth. With humor, grace, and passable Greek, Durrell buys a house, secures a job, and settles in for quiet living, happy to put up his feet until the natives begin to consider wringing his neck. More than a travel memoir, this is an elegant picture of island life in a changing world

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Bitter lemons of Cyprus

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