Prospero s Cell

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'In its gem-like miniature quality, among the best books ever written.' - New York Times

In his youth, before he became a celebrated writer and poet, Lawrence Durrell spent four transformative years on the island jewel of Corfu, fascinated by the idyllic 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 local villagers.

After World War II catapulted him back into a turmoiled world, Durrell never forgot the wonders of Corfu. Prospero's Cell is his magical evocation of the blazing Aegean landscape, brimming with memories of the places and people that changed him forever.

'Some writers reinvent their language; others the world. Durrell did both.' - Andre Aciman

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780571362387
Published: July 2021

Number of pages: 208
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 12 mm

Publisher: Faber & Faber