Handout from discussion at Boston Athenaeum, April 25th
Lawrence Durrell – https://lawrencedurrell.org/wp_durrell/
known for fiction: Alexandria Quartet (Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea) and The Avignon Quintet (Monsieur, Livia, Constance, Sebastian, Quinx)
- light humor: The Best of Antrobus, Esprit de Corps
- travel writing: Prospero’s Cell (Corfu), Reflections on a Marine Venus (Rhodes), Bitter Lemons (Cyprus), Caesar’s Vast Ghost (Provence), Spirit of Place (collection of travel writing)
- biography: Larry: A New Biography of Lawrence Durrell, 1912-1945; Lawrence Durrell: A Biography by Ian S. MacNiven
- if you like his fiction, maybe try: The English Patient
- if you like his light humor, maybe try: Hotel Splendide, La Bonne Table, Bemelmans
- if you like his travel writing, maybe try: Provence, F. M. Ford; The Station, Robert Bryon
Gerald Durrell – https://www.durrell.org/visit-jersey-zoo/
known for autobiographical books set on Corfu in his childhood: My Family and Other Animals, Birds, Beasts and Relatives; The Garden of the Gods
- animal collecting/ creating a zoo: Three Singles to Adventure. A Zoo in my Luggage, The Bafut Beagles, The Whispering Land, The Aye-Aye and I, Menagerie Manor
- animal/ nature conservation: The Ark’s Anniversary, Amateur Naturalist
- autobiography: Myself and Other Animals
- biography: Gerald Durrell: The Authorised Biography by Douglas Botting
- if you like amusing adventures, maybe try: Whatever You Do, Don’t Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide; A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
Other texts
- Whatever Happened to Margo? Margo tells HER side of the story!
- Dining with the Durrells: Stories and Recipes from the Cookery Archive of Mrs Louisa Durrell – mom’s recipes!
- The Durrell-Miller Letters: 1935-1980
Marriage and Peace – essay published
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