Presents the story, told from the inside, of the lives and loves of a group of struggling writers and artists in a seedly London hotel.[...]

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 n[...]

This work explores the Greek island of Corfu, evoking the sunshine landscape and blue skies of the Aegean.[...]

Set on Crete just after World War II, an odd assortment of English travellers come ashore from a cruise ship to explore the island, and in particular to examine a dangerous, local labyrinth. They include an extrovert painter, a spiritualist, a Protestant spinster and a peer and minor poet.[...]

Drawing on the published work from "A Private Country" to "Vega", this title provides a revaluation of Durrell's poetic career. It makes the case for "A Private Country" as one of the most accomplished debut collections of the twentieth century, and traces Durrell's preoccupations and poetic persona[...]

Lawrence Durrell was one of the best-selling, most celebrated English novelists of the late 20th century. "The Alexandria Quartet" is unquestionably his most admired work, at heart a sensuous and brilliant evocation of wartime Alexandria. In this world of corrupt glamour, L.G. Darley attempts to rec[...]

A breathtaking novel of passion and politics, set in the hotbed of Palestine in the 1940s, by a master of twentieth-century fiction
It is the eve of Britain's withdrawal from Palestine in 1948, a moment that will mark the beginning of a new Israel. But the course of history is uncertain, and Isr[...]

Lawrence Durrell, who was called "one of the twentieth] century's great literary pyrotechnicians" (Kenneth McLeish, "London Times"), was also one of its most accomplished travel writers. Durrell lived in Provence for thirty years and was its leading literary expatriate long before others discovered[...]

Lawrence Durrells romanepos Alexandriakvartetten, bestående av delarna Justine (1957), Balthazar (1958), Mountolive (1958) och Clea (1960), var tänkt att bedömas som ett enda verk. Platsen är det mångkulturella Alexandria strax före och under andra världskriget och det genomgående temat är [...]