[ilds] An Indian View of an Indian View: Durrell’s India

[sharbani banerjee(mukherjee)]

Durrell's Indian influence is especially marked in AQ. Carol Pierce's
articles on Durrell's leanings towards Taoism have also hidhlighted this.
Ian's Biography is also a pointer.
On 17-Nov-2015 11:07 am, "Sumantra Nag" <sumantranag at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://ebc.revues.org/2477
>
> Gulshan Taneja's paper appears to be a significant, wide ranging inquiry
> into Lawrence Durrell's connection with India and the continuing if latent
> influence of India on his spiritual perspective of the world. People
> familiar with the work of Ian MacNiven and others mentioned in the paper,
> might of course be familiar with the material in this paper, which might
> also be included in existing collections of the literature on Durrell.
>
> There are some enlightening revelations, such as Durrell's wish to get
> Justine translated into Bengali by a prominent Bengali writer. I have often
> felt that in the AQ at least, Durrell writes with the colour and intensity
> I would associate with a Bengali writer!
>
> Regards
>
> Sumantra Nag
>
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