[ilds] DURRELL's ALEXANDRIA_http://www.crescentmoon.org.uk/cresmoalex

[Sumantra Nag]

Hello All!

It must have been more than a year ago, that I located an article on Durrell's Alexandria at the URL: http://www.crescentmoon.org.uk/cresmoalex. 

This site is not available any more in its totality, at least not the extension /cresmoalex, although the rest of the URL relating to the publishing house Crescent Moon is accessible. I can't locate the article after accessing the URL of Crescent Moon.

I probably received the reference from an ILDS discussion thread which it will now be difficult to identify. I can't recall the title of the article. I thought I had saved the article, but can't find it. Nor have I been successful with searches on Google. It was probably available through another link as well which I can no longer identify.

The article in question analysed the experience of expatriates (including Robert Liddell) and their wistful gaze towards their familiar lands! The article also reproduces Durrell's somewhat morbid reflections on Alexandria - perhaps in a letter - the ennui, and the dependence on drugs and sex which seemed to permeate the lives of the rich natives of the city. 

I wonder if anyone can possibly give me a reference or link through which I can locate this article again. 

Regards

Sumantra

 
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