{"product_id":"bitter-lemons-of-cyprus","title":"Bitter Lemons Of Cyprus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLose yourself in this classic prize-winning memoir of life in 1950s Cyprus on the brink of revolution by the legendary king of travel writing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e real-life family member of \u003ci\u003eThe Durrells in Corfu.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Stunning.\u003c\/b\u003e'' André Aciman \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Masterly ... Casts a spell.'' \u003c\/b\u003eJan Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Invades the reader''s every sense ... Remarkable.''\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria Hislop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''These days I am admiring and re-admiring Lawrence Durrell.'' \u003c\/b\u003eElif Shafak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Our last great garlicky master of the vanishing Mediterranean.'' \u003c\/b\u003eRichard Holmes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Exceptional ... Revelatory ... A master.''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''He writes as an artist, as well as a poet … Profoundly beautiful.'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCyprus, 1953. As the island fights for independence from British colonial rule, ancient conflicts between Turkish and Greek Cypriots trouble the glittering Mediterranean waters. Into the brewing political storm enters Lawrence Durrell, yearning for the idyllic island lifestyle of his youth in Corfu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe settles into a dilapidated villa, and with his poet''s eye for beauty - and passable Greek - vividly captures the moods and atmospheres of island life in a changing world. Whether collecting folklore or wild flowers, describing the brewing revolution or eccentric local characters, Durrell is a magician with words: and the result is not only a classic travel memoir, but an intimate portrait of a community lost forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE DUFF COOPER MEMORIAL PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Brilliant ... Never for a moment does Durrell lose the poet’s touch.''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315873980798,"sku":"NW9780571362363","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571362363.jpg?v=1778685480","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/bitter-lemons-of-cyprus","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}