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Prospero's Cell is the story of a young man's escape from a grey, industrialized England to a sunny Greek island. Durrell, later a world famous novelist, had it all: a new wife, a life of swimming, fishing, sailing, reading and writing, good food and wine, colorful new friends, and an historic island of captivating beauty. Then this enchanting idyll abruptly ends with the onset of World War II and evacuation to Egypt.
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The late novelist and writer Durrell presents his diary, which recounts the time he lived on the island of Corfu for two years just before World War II. He describes the life he and his wife, mother, brothers, and sister led there, and the local culture, people, and landscape, ending with recommendations for what the reader should see and do there. The book was originally published in 1945. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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