Prospero's Cell
A guide to the landscape and manners of the island of Corcyra
About this book
"Prospero's Cell is a diary of Lawrence Durrell's life on Corfu just before World War II. Early in 1937, at the age of 25, he and his new wife took an old fisherman's house on the north end of the island and began to explore and describe the enchanted world that they found. They swam, fished, sailed, harvested olives, savored wine and foods unknown in England, visited sites of interest and beauty, and enjoyed meeting a procession of colorful locals. This island idyll came to an abrupt end in 1941, as the Germans prepared their invasion of Greece."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
- corfu island (greece), description and travel
- description and travel
- greece, history
- greece, social life and customs
- islands in literature
- social life and customs