[ilds] off the wall

[Rony Alfandary]

Thanks for the very illuminating piece on Durrell's concept of sexuality.
one can see from his writings that he was thinking about all kinds of
sexualities, his interest in psychoanalysis supports this and i think that
if he was born in a different era he may have been less inhibited in trying
out in practice what he tried out in fiction. but that is true for most of
us, isn't it?
anyhow, i had this crazy notion, and this may seem off the wall , that the
character of Dr Balthazar was  in fact connected to Durrell's interest in
Groddeck.
i find it interesting that he chose Balthazar of all possible characters to
present Darley with the interliner. somehow, it evoke in me Groddeck's
letters to Freud where Groddeck insisted on being Freud's disciple.
Rony
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