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From the Elephant's Back

Paperback • 2015 • English

From the Elephant's Back

By Lawrence Durrell

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About the book

"...the proverb says that whoever sees the world from the back of an elephant learns the secrets of the jungle and becomes a seer. I had to be content to become a poet." -Lawrence Durrell Best known for his novels and travel writing, Lawrence Durrell defied easy classification within twentieth-century Modernism. His anti-authoritarian tendencies put him at odds with many contemporaries-aesthetically and politically. However, thanks to a compelling recontextualization by editor James Gifford, th...Show more

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9781772120516

Publisher

University of Alberta Press

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

From the Elephant's Back

Format

Paperback

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