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Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Lose yourself in the thrilling political intrigue and tangled love affairs of wartime Egypt: Durrell's epic modern classic, introduced by Alaa Al Aswany (bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building).Every interpretation of reality is based upon a unique position ... As the threat of world war looms ov ...Show more
Bitter Lemons of Cyprus by Lawrence Durrell; Charles Boyle (Contribution by)
$19.99 AUD
Category: Travel
"This is not a political book, but simple a somewhat impressionistic study of the moods and atmospheres of Cyprus during the troubled years 1953-6." So wrote Lawrence Durrell in the preface toBitter Lemons. Durrell, who lived abroad for much of his life, brilliantly captures the romance, beauty, excitem ...Show more
Bitter Lemons of Cyprus by Lawrence Durrell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel
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.' - Andre Aciman 'These days I am admiring and re-admiring Lawrence Durrell.' - Elif Shafak Cyprus ...Show more
Brandt Nudes by Bill Brandt and Lawrence Durrell
$90.00 AUD
Category: Photography
Few photographers have spanned the genres from photojournalism to true artistic endeavour as completely as Bill Brandt. Yet Brandts journalism was never strictly reportage: all his work reflected a clear artistic purpose. His qualities as an artist, recognized by all his peers as outstanding, were never ...Show more
Clea by Lawrence Durrell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Lose yourself in the thrilling political intrigue and tangled love affairs of wartime Egypt in Durrell's epic modern classic, introduced by bestselling author Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love). An expat schoolteacher has spent years in exile reflecting on his turmoiled love affair with Justine, a g ...Show more
Justine by Lawrence Durrell
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
In the first book of Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, the story of the mysterious and charismatic Justine is told by her lover, an impoverished Irish teacher who has sought refuge across the Mediterranean in Greece. It is a love story, but the real heroine of the book is its setting: the city of Alexandria ...Show more
Justine by Lawrence Durrell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Rediscover one of the twentieth century's greatest romances: a seductive tale of four tangled lovers in wartime Egypt, introduced by André Aciman (Call Me By Your Name and Find Me) Walking slowly home through the dark avenue of trees, tasting the brackish harbour wind, I remembered Justine saying harsh ...Show more
Mountolive by Lawrence Durrell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Lose yourself in the thrilling political intrigue and tangled love affairs of wartime Egypt in Durrell's epic modern classic 'A master at creating and handling tension ... I was fascinated from the start.' Wilbur Smith David Mountolive, a young English diplomat, has been obsessed with Egypt ever since ...Show more
Prospero's Cell by Lawrence Durrell
$19.99 AUD
Category: Travel
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 Times In his youth, before he became a celebrated writer and poet, Law ...Show more
Prospero's Cell by Lawrence Durrell
$21.95 AUD
Category: Travel
Lawrence Durrell composed Propero's Cell as if it were a journal or diary of a year and a half on the island of Corfu, and he prefaced his statement of poetic intent by a casual comment, "I am making no attempt to control all this material." Of course he really is, for this is a carefully plotted and th ...Show more
The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell
$35.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Consisting of Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea, The Alexandria Quartet explores the sexual and political intrigues of a group of expatriates in Egypt before and after the Second World War. In Justine, L. G. Darley attempts to reconcile himself to the recent end of his affair with the dark, passio ...Show more