Travel Writing As A By-Product Of A Career - Lawrence Durrell

Some of the greatest travel writers had no idea that they would be writers. They were engaged in other careers and then to be the chief chroniclers of the place to which they were posted. These days, because of the Internet and the associated fiction, that we do not need to be everywhere, but our computers, this phenomenon has virtually left our screens. But we have been left a legacy a recent trip of great writing, balanced on the backs of others sometimes dull careers.In the case of Lawrence Durrell, his desire to travel emerged on the nature of his family, who liked to walk, but above all for its experience in the diplomatic corps. He achieved worldwide fame with his tetralogy The Alexandria Quartet (he lived in Alexandria, Egypt, which inspired the setting for the book), and his work is indeed considerable, including many titles now almost completely forgotten except by collectors and scholars of his work. But travel and examinations of time and commonplaces which are managed through their all.Durrell was a contemporary thinker and diplomat Harold Nicolson, author of The War Years, the Congress of Vienna, and Public Faces Some People -- among others. Lawrence Durrell had a spell in the diplomatic corps and out of these experiences was born classical writings of time and place: Esprit de Corps - Sketches of diplomatic life with his perfect portrayal of life in Yugoslavia in the early 20th century . But grave and serious book certainly was not. John Connell critic wrote: 'Uproariously funny & malignant, it is as if Sir Harold Nicolson had entered into partnership with PG Wodehouse. " Others in the kind of travel literature diplomatic Durrell were manufactured and Sauve Who Can Stiff Upper Lip highlighted some of the seamier outposts of the world. These three classics of time and place are tales of diplomatic misadventure by the British Foreign Office, accompanied by drawings memorable and witty by Nicolas Bentley. They are beautiful presentations for the countries they represent, despite the shadow, deadpan, loopy Antrobus people stories.His all written based on his diplomatic experiences were far from his only travel books. There were also Prospero's Cell: A Guide to the Landscape mode and the island of Corcyra, Reflections on a Marine Venus, Bitter Lemons of Cyprus, Blue Thirst, Carousel Sicilian, the Greek Islands and Caesar's Vast Ghost. Both Durrell was a passenger that the expatriate British novelist, poet, playwright and travel writer resisted affiliation with Britain and preferred to be seen as cosmopolitan. It was suggested after his death that Durrell never had British nationality, but in fact he was classified non-patrial in 1968 because of the amendment to the Act 1962 Commonwealth immigrants. Hence he was denied the right to enter or settle in Britain under the new legislation and had to apply for a visa for each entry. This trip writer was forced by law, then, to be roving.
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