[ilds] ILDS Digest, Vol 42, Issue 8_the blue really begins in the Aegean

[Bruce Redwine]

Somewhere Durrell mentions that the Bolognese know their wines.  He's right.  The Sangiovese is good, the grappa (Cabernet Sauvignon) excellent.  Bologna.

BR
 

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On Sep 21, 2010, at 7:08 AM, Marc Piel <marcpiel at interdesign.fr> wrote:

> Hello,
> I don't know why but it seems that every time I am 
> away an interesting discussion happens on the 
> list.... anyway just to make you all envious, i'm 
> on the island of Evia in the Agean and the colour 
> of the water is fabulous. For some strange reason 
> I can receive eMails but not send them, so I am 
> following the discussions, but you will not get 
> this till later.
> B.R. Marc
> 
> Le 14/09/10 09:43, Denise Tart & David Green a écrit :
>> Amen Bruce. LGD may have imbibed eastern ideas and read Buddhist philosophy,
>> but he was definitely a western style individualist - writing allowed him to
>> live as a non conformist eccentric person in a way that he could not in
>> other jobs. Durrell does not subsume his ego. He manifested it. Alcohol may
>> have been part of it. I came across this -
>> 
>> "Gilman Ostrander explains that:  'alcoholism is basically a disease of
>> individualism. if afflicts people who from early childhood develop a strong
>> sense of being psychologically alone and on their own in the world. this
>> solitary outlook prevents them from gaining emotional release through
>> associations with other people, but they find they can get this release
>> through drinking. ...the Encyclopedia Britannica points to 'inconsistency in
>> rearing practices' as a major factor, and suggests that the potential
>> alcoholic would begin to demonstrate 'defiant exhibitionistic deviance' from
>> an early age.
>> 
>> Marc, this does not mean I don't like the guy or admire his work
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Bruce Redwine"<bredwine1968 at earthlink.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 8:18 AM
>> To:<marcpiel at interdesign.fr>;<ilds at lists.uvic.ca>
>> Cc: "Bruce Redwine"<bredwine1968 at earthlink.net>; "Denise Tart&  David
>> Green"<dtart at bigpond.net.au>
>> Subject: Re: [ilds] ILDS Digest, Vol 42, Issue 8_the blue really begins in
>> the Aegean
>> 
>>> I agree with Marc.  Durrell's personality suffuses his books.  That's what
>>> makes them so enjoyable.  If Eastern philosophy largely involves the
>>> extinction of the self, then Durrell's books fail utterly in this regard —
>>> happily.  He doesn't practice what he preaches.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Bruce
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sep 13, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Marc Piel wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Durrell is there everywhere in every book and
>>>> whatever you say he will always be. That is part
>>>> of his talent that most do not have.
>>>> That is why we connect so well with him.
>>>> Marc
>>>> 
>>>> Le 13/09/10 22:53, Denise Tart&  David Green a écrit :
>>>>> "Externalize yourself" may well have been Douglas's lifelong philosophy.
>>>>> One
>>>>> could do worse . . .
>>>>> 
>>>>> Certainly Durrell's three great Island books are more introspective than
>>>>> Douglas's South Wind, the later being written in the third rather than
>>>>> first
>>>>> person for a start. There is a polished lightness to Douglas's touch
>>>>> which
>>>>> may support Grove's idea of this authors externalisation.  There is
>>>>> something deeper, darker and more personal with Durrell's reflections
>>>>> and
>>>>> introspections on Aegean or indeed Ionian Blue. Greece is indeed entered
>>>>> through a dark crystal and for all the the sunlight and sparkling water,
>>>>> the
>>>>> author is there, brooding and mulling over the past - trying to get back
>>>>> to
>>>>> Arcadian days but not finding them because he and the world has changed.
>>>>> 
>>>>> David
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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