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

[Denise Tart & David Green]

I don't think so. He left when quite young and never went back. His friends seem to have primarily been ex pat or semi ex pat Brits, his wives and other European artists with Mediterranean local characters thrown in. Durrell's love of France needs further exploration. He lived there for 32 years, more time than anywhere else and yet we talk constantly of Egypt, Greece blah blah, but la belle France? His true home ? But if I was him, I'd have lived in Uzes or stayed at Mas Michel. 

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> On 18 Nov 2015, at 1:51 pm, Kennedy Gammage <gammage.kennedy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Did he have any close friends there?
> 
> Cheers - Ken
> 
>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 5:52 PM, sharbani banerjee(mukherjee) <sharbanibm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> David has a point there. With the British Raj ending in 1947.  and Durrell being an employee of the British High Commission....it could have been a deterrent.
>> Best
>> Sharbani
>> 
>>> On 18-Nov-2015 1:48 am, "Denise Tart & David Green" <dtart at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>> It is interesting then that Durrell never went back to India. Are there theories, scholarly or otherwise about this? Was a Tibet of the mind enough?did Indian independence have anything to do with it? 
>>> 
>>> David.
>>> 
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>>>> On 18 Nov 2015, at 5:38 am, sharbani banerjee(mukherjee) <sharbanibm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, James.....you are right. Taoism always reminded Durrell of the maroon clothed Tibetan ascetics of the Himalayan hills of Darjeeling and Kurseong where he spent a part of his childhood and brought within him a sense of peace and tranquility.
>>>> All the best always
>>>> Sharbani
>>>> 
>>>>> On 17-Nov-2015 7:53 pm, "James Gifford" <james.d.gifford at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 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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