[ilds] ILDS Digest, Vol 113, Issue 19

[Sumantra Nag]

Am repeating an earlier post of mine which refers to Rick Schoff's post on
the poetry of Durrell driving his most memorable writing.

Sumantra

Message: 5
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 08:27:12 +0530
From: Sumantra Nag <sumantranag at gmail.com>
To: ilds at lists.uvic.ca
Subject: [ilds] ILDS Digest, Vol 113, Issue 16

Message: 3
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:21:37 -0400
From: Rick Schoff <frederick.schoff at gmail.com>
To: ilds at lists.uvic.ca
Subject: Re: [ilds] Caesar's Vast Ghost

"It was always the language. I was transfixed when an old roommate had me
read a page from "Clea". I've been reading and rereading Durrell ever
since. More now than ever, perhaps. I think being a poet made him the
novelist he became."

I think this reflection relates strongly to The Alexandria Quartet at least.

Sumantra

Sent from my Moto G4 Plus

On 29 Sep 2016 07:54, "Sumantra Nag" <sumantranag at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bruce,
>
> As a person who read The Alexandria Quartet several times over in his
> adolescence - at an age when those novels create the greatest impression -
> I still find the Quartet has a quality which immediately draws me into its
> world. And this after the passage of many years and after reading much
> criticism on the work.
>
> I recall an early review of the Quartet which described the novels as
> large enough to create a world of their own, a quality shared with great
> works of fiction.
>
> So I tend to relate to your view about "his genius as a writer of fiction
> . . . " arising out of his story-telling and poetry:
>
> "Durrell had his own philosophy (some mix of Indian and Chinese thought),
> but his real genius as a writer of fiction was a blend of storytelling and
> poetry."
>
> Best wishes
>
> Sumantra
>
> Sent from my Moto G4 Plus
>
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