Lawrence Durrell





Lawrence Durrell

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born
in Jalandhar, India
February 27, 1912

died
November 07, 1990

gender
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Born in Jalandhar, British India, in 1912 to Indian-born British colonials, Lawrence Durrell was a critically hailed and beloved novelist, poet, humorist, and travel writer best known for the Alexandria Quartet novels, which were ranked by the Modern Library as among the greatest works of English literature in the twentieth century. A passionate and dedicated writer from an early age, Durrell’s prolific career also included the groundbreaking Avignon Quintet, whose first novel, Monsieur (1974), won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and whose third novel, Constance (1982), was nominated for the Booker Prize. He also penned the celebrated travel memoir Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (1957), which won the Duff Cooper Prize. Durrell corresponded wi...more


Average rating: 4.08 · 12,738 ratings · 995 reviews · 91 distinct works · Similar authors
The Alexandria Quartet
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 4,127 ratings — published 1961 — 23 editions
Justine (The Alexandria Qua...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2,584 ratings — published 1957 — 56 editions
Balthazar (The Alexandria Q...
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 1,204 ratings — published 1957 — 38 editions
Mountolive (The Alexandria ...
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 1,026 ratings — published 1957 — 37 editions
Clea (The Alexandria Quarte...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 996 ratings — published 1960 — 34 editions
Bitter Lemons of Cyprus
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 478 ratings — published 1951 — 26 editions
The Black Book
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 1960 — 15 editions
The Dark Labyrinth
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 1947
The Avignon Quintet
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions
Prospero's Cell
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1974 — 14 editions
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“Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?”
Lawrence Durrell, Justine

“I don’t believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced.”
Lawrence Durrell

“A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants.”
Lawrence Durrell, Justine

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