[ilds] The most political of the novels

[Marc Piel]

Surely Nancy's fleeing to Palestine had an 
influence on Durrell's life (as can be seen in 
Justine) but not necessarily on his political 
opinions.

Marc

Bruce Redwine a écrit :
> This is an interesting Israeli perspective on Durrell's political  
> ideas about the Middle East.  Durrell advocates a Jewish state to  
> counterbalance Arab hegemony in the region.  Haag makes this point.   
> Matt Rees apparently approves.  So, another reason for Durrell being  
> unpopular in the Arab world and may account for Said's animosity  
> towards him.  Edward Said was an active member of the PLO.
> 
> 
> Bruce
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jan 29, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Charles Sligh <Charles-Sligh at utc.edu>  
> wrote:
> 
>> Mr. Rees stumbles in his plot summary, but the recognition of  
>> Durrell in
>> the Guardian list is noteworthy.
>>
>> C&c.
>>
>> ***
>>
>>> Matt Rees's top 10 novels set in the Arab world
>>>
>>> The Jerusalem-based crime writer picks novels that offer 'a much more
>>> profound contact' with this region than the news
>>>
>>>    * Matt Rees
>>>    * guardian.co.uk Wednesday 13 January 2010
>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/13/matt-rees-novels-arab-world
>>> 8. Mountolive by Lawrence Durrell
>>>
>>> The most political of the novels in The Alexandria Quartet. But
>>> because it's Durrell, it also manages to be sexual and seedy. A
>>> British diplomat tells his career story, up to the Zionist gun- 
>>> running
>>> going on while he conducts an affair with an Arab woman.
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
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>> Department of English
>> University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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