Bitter Lemons. Lawrence Durrell. Faber & Faber, 1957. First edition. Original
Bitter Lemons. Lawrence Durrell. Faber & Faber, 1957. First edition. Original dust jacket.The book is alternately comic and serious, charting Durrell’s experiences on Cyprus and the people he met and befriended, as well as charting the progress of the Cypriot “Enosis” (union with Greece and freedom from British rule) movement, which plunged the island into chaos and violence. Comic moments include Durrell’s successful house-buying adventure, and the visits of his mother and brother. -- source link
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