SICILIAN CAROUSEL. (1977). Lawrence Durrell. ****.About ten years ago, my wife and I took a ten-day trip to Sicily that was much like the trip described by Durrell in this book. It was a bus tour, and stopped at essentially the same cities as the Carousel tour. As Durrell commented, ten days...
I always get a feeling of anticipation whenever I begin one of Lawrence Durrell’s works as I never know what new surprise will appear in his artistic writing. I’ve had this book for a long time, and never really appreciated it at the time as it was about Taoism, and so it has been sitting on the ...
(FROM MY BLOG) Israel is again accused of killing and otherwise abusing innocent civilians in its attempt to control the Gaza strip. Israeli commanders, according to today's New York Times, admit that people have been shot and houses destroyed unjustifiably, but claim that overall they have been...
I know it must be beautifully written, it's Durrell after all. But when I open this oversized paperback (sort of the love child of a coffee table book and a regular Penguin), my eyes are caught by the photos, and there I go drifting away, unable to read a thing. Although this is terrifically date...