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"Best known for his novels and travel writing, Lawrence Durrell defied easy classification within twentieth-century modernism. His anti-authoritarian tendencies put him at odds with many contemporaries-aesthetically and politically. However, thanks to a compelling recontextualiza...

"The amazing story of a beautiful, ruthless woman who used her family and friends in her schemes to send arms to Israel to protect her future as a Coptic in Egypt. When the arms are discovered, she turns to prostitution to remain in the good graces of the government." -- Containe...

A pair of lectures from one of the twentieth century's most mesmerizing speakers 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...

“…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 Durrell Best known for his novels and travel writing, Lawrence Durrell defied easy classification wit...