I tell you love sister it’s just a kiss away. – Jagger & Richards Nothing but the act of physical love tells us the truth about one another. – Lawrence Durrell Lawrence Durrell, like Jagger and ...

Lawrence Durrell—one of the greatest British writers and philhellenes of the 20th century—achieved spectacular success with “The Alexandria Quartet,” the first volume of which appeared in 1957. But ...

Last month saw the centenary of Lawrence Durrell’s birth, an occasion marked by a London gathering of Durrell scholars, a reissue of The Alexandria Quartet and the publication of this account by ...

I’ve been looking forward to this Sunday for weeks because it’s the Sunday that The Durrells in Corfu Season 2 debuts on PBS. I love The Durrells in Corfu with all my heart and soul — even if my ...

I am embarrassed to enjoy Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet so much. It was an early passion of mine and one I revisit for the blowsy comfort it provides and for the disconcerting peeling-off of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Details from the menu for a Christmas Eve supper described in the first novel of Lawrence Durrell’s Avignon Quintet provide a unique ...

From 1935 to 1980, Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller sustained one of the most lively and remarkable literary correspondences in modern history. This program dips into those letters. They're raunchy, ...

The term "faded grandeur" might have been invented for Alexandria. So much of the resort's cosmopolitan elegance has faded that one more crumbling palace in this part of Egypt might not seem to make ...

Durrell’s giant imaginative step out of time and caste argues that self-determination is the fundamental human drive (National Library of Israel) It wasn’t until I was in my twenties and owned a ...