[ilds] Bitter Lemons

[Denise Tart & David Green]

William,

it is implied in the title that Durrell's island experience on Cyprus during Enossis was quite different from that of Rhodes and Corfu. On Cyprus his beloved greeks turned nasty and this effected Durrell greatly. There is more situational and personal truth in Bitter Lemons than in the earlier island books. There is also political and social commentary. Prospero's Cell and Reflections on a Marine Venus represent a different time, moodscape and method of construction; Durrell's marvelous alchemy and spirit of place. I think you like the early part of Bitter Lemons because it promises another entry into arcadia, but then switches into a grimmer reality of hostility - foreshadowed in the the second chapter.

David


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