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Inventing Paradise : The Greek Journey 1937-1947 - Keeley Edmund - Hardcover - First Edition
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Inventing Paradise : The Greek Journey 1937-1947

by Keeley Edmund

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  • Bookseller: KALAMOS BOOKS CA (CA)
  • Seller Inventory #: 12563
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Book condition: New
  • Jacket condition: New
  • Edition: 1st.US Ed.
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0374177171
  • ISBN 13: 9780374177171
  • Publisher: Farrar,Strauss & Giroux
  • Place: New York
  • Date published: 1999
  • Pages: 289
  • Size: 6.25 x 8.75 x 1 inches
  • Weight: 1 pounds

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New York: Farrar,Strauss & Giroux, 1999 In pre-war Greece Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller discovered Greek literature and poetry from their friendship with George Seferis and George Katsimbalis. . 1st.US Ed.. Hard Cover. New/New.

Book summary

In this work of literary criticism and personal narrative, a writer and Greek cultural expert reflects on a period of lively exchange between American and Greek literary figures beginning in the 1930s. Before the Second World War and subsequent tourist bombardment, poets and writers such as George Seferis and George Katsimbalist, Henry Miller and Lawrence Durrell shared ideas and good times while enjoying the beauty of their Greek "paradise."


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