Summary
Lawrence Durrell: The Greek Islands
In the travelogue "The Greek Islands", the famous English writer of the "Alexandrian Quartet" Lawrence Durrell (1912 - 1990) returns again and again to the subject he knows best and loves the most - the Mediterranean. Light, colors, smells, history, architecture, mythology, geography, fauna, flora and, finally, people - these are the themes of this exciting, partly autobiographical book. "The Greek Islands" are a guide to Greek culture spanning several millennia, narrated in a superb literary style.
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