DARK LABYRINTH PB A

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DARK LABYRINTH PB A

  • Εκδότης: FABER & FABER
  • Συγγραφέας: LAWRENCE DURRELL
  • Isbn: 9780571362462
  • Διαστάσεις: 178Χ112Χ20
  • Αριθμός σελίδων: 256
  • Ημερομηνία έκδοσης: 2/6/2021
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Ποσοτητα
"This captivating Mediterranean novel was written by Lawrence Durrell immediately after finishing his exquisite vignette about Corfu, Prospero's Cell, and a decade before Justine. The story is set on Crete just after the War, as 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 with a fox terrier, an antiquarian peer and minor poet, a soldier with guilty memories of the Cretan resistance, a pretty convalescent and an eccentric married couple. To some extent the book is a roman a clef and Durrell's characters talk with great reality about their experiences, themselves and a certain psychological unease that has led most of them to embark on their journey. The climax is a disastrous visit to the labyrinth, with its reported minotaur. The novel is a gripping piece of story-telling, full of atmosphere and the vivid first-hand writing about