I enjoy a good read, especially just before I go to sleep at night. My normal routine alternates fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Right now I’m into one of Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet. It struck me last night that this must be the third time I have read this work, and I started to reflect on … Read more
I lay in bed this morning for short time reading. I have just finished Durrell’s novel Justine …. the first in his celebrated four-part work known as the “Alexandria Quartet”.* Becoming aware of the number of occasions on which Durrell pays homage to the Greek poet C.p. Cavafy, I have just got hold of a … Read more
The first thing that will come to your mind is probably that I do go on a bit! Perhaps both he and I would be better appreciated if we could be a little more concise in getting across what we have to say. I’m working my way steadily through his Joseph and his Brothers, and … Read more