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Lawrence Durrell

Born

in Jalandhar, India

February 27, 1912

Died

November 07, 1990

Website

http://www.lawrencedurrell.org/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Travel, Memoir

Influences

Henry Miller, D.H. Lawrence, Joseph Conrad, T.S. Eliot, E.M. Forster, ...more

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Lawrence George 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 with author Henry Miller for forty-five years, and Miller influenced mu ...more

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Lawrence Durrell’s books

Average rating: 3.99 · 47,594 ratings · 4,478 reviews · 329 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet, #1-4) 4.18 avg rating — 12,333 ratings — published 1960 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 10,466 ratings — published 1957 — 239 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Balthazar (The Alexandria Quartet, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 4,534 ratings — published 1958 — 190 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mountolive (The Alexandria Quartet, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 3,790 ratings — published 1958 — 185 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clea (The Alexandria Quartet, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 3,489 ratings — published 1960 — 179 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitter Lemons of Cyprus 3.79 avg rating — 2,975 ratings — published 1953	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prospero's Cell 3.88 avg rating — 1,163 ratings — published 1945 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Labyrinth 3.69 avg rating — 803 ratings — published 1947 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Book 3.26 avg rating — 709 ratings — published 1937 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Eagles Over Serbia 3.39 avg rating — 599 ratings — published 1957 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Lawrence Durrell

The Alexandria Quartet (4 books)
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Lawrence Durrell

4.07 avg rating — 34,655 ratings

The Avignon Quintet (6 books)
by

Lawrence Durrell,

Лорънс Дърел,

Паулина Мичева (Translator),

Люба Халева (Cover art)

3.78 avg rating — 1,772 ratings

Antrobus stories (3 books)
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Lawrence Durrell,

Nicolas Bentley (Illustrator)

3.87 avg rating — 796 ratings

The Revolt of Aphrodite (2 books)
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Lawrence Durrell

3.52 avg rating — 377 ratings

Quotes by Lawrence Durrell (?)

“Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?”
― Lawrence Durrell, Justine

tags: silence

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“There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.”
― Lawrence Durrell, Justine

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“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

tags: confirmation, reading, reality

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