Prospero's Cell: A Guide To The Landscape And Manners Of The Island Of Corfu (Main) (Faber Library: No. 20)

By: Lawrence Durrell

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Synopsis: 'In its gem-like miniature quality, among the best books ever written.' New York TimesBefore Lawrence Durrell became a celebrated writer and poet, he spent four youthful years on the idyllic island jewel of Corfu, fascinated by the natural beauty and blood-stained ancient history within its rocky shores. While his brother Gerald collected animals as a budding naturalist - later fictionalised in My Family and Other Animals and filmed as The Durrells In Corfu - Lawrence fished, drank, and befriended the villagers. After World War II catapulted him back into a turmoiled world, Durrell never forgot the wonders of Corfu: and Prospero's Cell is his magical evocation of the blazing Aegean landscape and local people that changed him forever.'[Corfu] could not have found a fitter chronicler.' Daily Telegraph'Charming ... Delightful.' Sunday Times