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

[James Gifford]

If I might add, Ray Morrison's /A Smile in His Mind's Eye/ also 
extensively discusses Durrell and Taoism, as does his last article, 
which appeared in /Mosaic/.

/Pied Piper of Lovers/ is a fascinating novel.  I believe Gulshan first 
gave the paper at one of Corinne Alexandre-Garner's conferences in Paris.

All best,
James

On 2015-11-16 11:41 PM, sharbani banerjee(mukherjee) wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>
>     Sent from my Asus Zenfone
>
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