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15 OCTOBER 1986175 MARCH 1987NUMBER 8

E D I T O R & P R O D U C E R :

A S S I S T A N T E D I T O R S :

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G r e g o r y D i c k s o nL a w r e n c e W . M a r k e r t

B R I T I S H C O R R E S P O N D E N T : P e t e r B a l d w i n

A l l m a c e r i . a l c , T h e L a w r e n c e D u r r e l l S o c i . e c v H e r a L d . i 9 8 7

THE SOCIETY SALUTES LAWRENCE DURRELL IN HIS 75th YEARTIME OF SUPERB ACCOMPLISHMENT IN ENGLIST{ LANGUAGE AND

FOR A r.rrr-LITERATURE I

NANCY LE]dIS

T}E PRESIENTIS CO-I.I+I

I t r s au tumn i n W isccns in - -and a ve ry g ray ,wet one at that , not too d i f ferent f rom thew e a t h e - j n R r i q f n l H ' , r , . n f . r f ' , a a f r l , 7 , . i t h a r r f

, u u u , q ! r t u i L U t , o L t r r y , f l r , i . J U L

the p leasure of two wonderfuL pubs wi th in haj . f ab lock o f ou r f l a t .

The L972 C: t rob 'n (Oyere 6) L i -at , ' ie bougrtthere last sor t r -g d io i r :deed nake c le jor . ; rney--w i t h t he he lp o f scme ca r f e r i i es - - f r cm Br i s to lto Cooenhagen for the Jcyce Sy,npos:r_n and ^enc:to Sic iJ .y . t , t je spent most of . iu l ; , , savor ing t ien l p : s r r r p q n f f r : f I n r r e l r l i c l r r d q o F r- u v e r J r r - r . , L - c r , I€ l l a < l a g

t he re tu rn t o B r i s t c I . By i r i s : i r : r e , i r e ca rhacJ acquired a nane--Ci . t r i .na, f cr , t s ie ' ! b tash r : n h r v p l l n ' r i n r r f d e f i n i ' p l v n n i : 1 o m n n . f - : r r i n n

t o se l l he r be fo re re tu in ing t c l he U .S . was abi t sad. The buyer ! !as a young man wi- to wi l l useher to make del iver ies f rcm the whale-grarnh : k p r v h e r l n q ^ a I I e o - - n n I ' r i n F n n l : n e - - e n r , r oe , L J r r r L r r g r a r u _ _ \ e J , e

Ro l l s .The August issue of the fera id , /Jas i ine

reading and lef t me wj .sh inc more than e ' rer thatI had been at On Mirac le Grcund IV. The news ofthe Modern Languace Associar" ion 's cont inui -ng tore jec t Du r re I l spec :a I sess :ons i s , howeve r ,more than p rovck ing . Pe rnaps submi t t i ng aproposal wi th a broad theme under which Durre l l

and one or two others coulc i be ccnsi . iered wculdbe a use fu l s t ra tegy . "Neo -Rcman ' ; i cs i n 3Postmodern l l ]or ld : DurreI I and . " cccuis t ime as a s ta r te r ( t he do i s a re i o r c the r Fecp ieto f i l l , i n ) , f o r i do be l i eve i ha t some o f t ner e s i s t a n c e l o D u r r e i l , w h e n c o u p l e d w j . t ren thus j -asm fo r Pynchon , DeL i l l o , e t a I . can ceinterpreted as stemming f icm ihe bei . le i t , :a iDu r re l l i s t co r rRcman t i c , ' f o r t he " sc :en l i f i c , 'f i c t i ons o f t he pcs tmoCern e la . Any i ceas?Please send them aJ-ong to the Fela l j ; l -hat wayrvve can oocl our iesources.

Eest r , r ;shes for a ccoo aui ' -mn.

FRANK KERSNO!,ISKI

FAO4 TI-E VICE-O{iESIDENT

In 1959 when I was a g radua te s t ,Cen | a t i heUn ive i s i t y o f Tennessee , l i f e seemed m in ima l i na < f l r . r o i v - n n i T n l l e i h i r n r r h i n : + i - - : ^ -v J P r u r , i ! _ L _ u t r _ > _

P ro tes tan l s and boo t l egce rs . Espec ia l l y , l n i heg ray days o f November ( so 1 l ke l hcse Vo l t a i r eCesc r i bed as "when the Enc l i sh go ou t and hangt h e m s e ' l v e q ' r ) . r t r n e e c e C r n a t f l r t : v e n l o A " r r r e q, v - , , p r - s _ e - ! J

we cou ld f i nd . They were l ew , e lemen ta l bu tf ew . Then one day my f i i end Tom d i sappea rec .He had l i ved i n Bos ton up to t he t ime he was

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asked to leave MIT "unt i l he had rethought h isgoals, t ' so he knew more about what l i fe might bethan d id most o l us. Some three months af terh is d isappearance, I received a postcard f romhim with a message I sti l l remember: "l ir lelcome tothe Peop le rs R i v i e ra . I 'm he re i n Yugos lav iaa n i n , i i n n a , , a r , , f h i ^ ^ I m i S S e d i n K n o x v i l l p : w . i n p ., g e y e ! t u r r * r r y r t I r \ r r u ^ y r f f u . v r r . r u ,

b randy, and a Iovely array of wcmen in smaLlb ik in is . " Not the k ind of message to send alandlocked person who watched women walk wi thouta j igg le-- the malevolenl pantygi rd le held a l l incheck. For a l l I know, Tom is s t i l l there. Henever wrote again. 8ut I have heard f rom LDSmember Grove Koger, who has been to Yugoslav iarecent ly and descr ibed the L i fe of the ls land ofHva r . Now I unde rs tand why Tom d idn ' t w r i t e^ ^ ^ l ^d u d t r t .

0n the Dalmat ian Coast , Hvar seems easy toreach f rom Corfu or f rom such Yugoslav por ts asR i j eka by Jad ro l i n i j a l l ne l s o r t he ma in landn n r f n f S n l j f h v f e r r v S r r n n c c f o r l i s a v i s i tne i ther dur ing August ( tour is t season) nor fa l l( r a i ny season ) . Tom d i sappea red i n t he dead o fwinter , and win iers Grove te l Is me are mi ld.The h i s to ry o f t he i s l and o l i e r s more o fin teres l than Durre l - l 's Antrobus found among theh i r su te S lavs o f Vu lga r i a , Hva r hav ing beenco lon i zed i ^ t he f ou r rn cen tu ry oy rhe Greeks .t h p n n n r ; e t n e r i h r r Q n m 2 n q Q l r r r c \ / r ^ ^ ! i ^ ^ ^L r 1 9 r r g v v u r r r u u u ! r \ v i l l q r r J , J r q v J , v c l l c L a d l 1 5 ,

Aus t r i ans , and F rench . The Vene t i ans andAuslr ians had mul t ip le per iods of dominance,wi th the Venet ians leaving palaces of note. Thei s l and i s sub t r cp i ca l and seems f rag ran t w : tnr n q F m i r \ / a n r l l a r r e n d e r n i n e a n a n a m o a r t n t r F

, " . ' " t v J i e

m n q f o f w h i r ^ h n r n w " , i ' n ' h r r r r h ' h o r i d C w S o f

the town are sefLers of losemary and lavender.The l a t t e r i s a i so cu l ' - i va red and p rocessedcommercia l ly .

Grove thought the local wines would not haveL ^ ^ ^ 1 ̂ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ; : 6 r r - . , i ^ ; ! ^ - ^ - - ^ l ^ - ! ^ a r n d h oU E E I I I E > > C I i C U I l L l r t r y l r d u U C C I I t V s f l l d L t j L J , o r i u . , L

fnr rnr l f hc Yr rnnslnv l teel b land. L ike moSt Of 'uheDeogle who st ruck terror in to the heart of^ ^ t - ^ r ' ^ ^ - ^ ^ r e n n m m p n r i c c ' l i i v n r r i n e n l r r mH I ' L I U U U > ' U I U V E J I J r v v v - v q ,

h r a n r i v " r h i n h

i c : ] ^ r r \ / e c e ' l I c e l f i c r r r . n i! f e t J ,

ma rask ino , made f rom che r r i es and the i r p i t s .The res tau ran ts seem to o l f e r l he expec tedbak lava , che r r y s t ruoe l , and Tu rk i sh co f fee andthe unexpect .ed (and by me never be 'ore heard of )- , , ^ i , ^ l ; ^ ^ ^ H ^ + . r F - l n F r < f o , d _ T r v t h e F O U ff r l u u ^ q f r L o t o r r u L P U J P 9 ! t L l

Pa lms a l the harbor 's edge fcr muckal" ica and don n l m i q q P a n p r q . a r e q f a r r r l n f r r n f h p h i l l _ . l , r J er e Y v r t u ' v J l e v 4 s r r e u P u i ' u

l r e r r T n e d f n : r r n i d i h c h n t e l q n r r n e r - ^ i ^ ! ^ . ,o r q u r g c u L U q Y u r u P + u P u ! d r r u J L d y

instead wi th fami l ies, who have both reasonabLerooms and rates. Tour is t pol ice at the harborhave i n fo rma t i on abou t such accommoda l i ons ,though the res idents may wel l approach someone

n : r r v i n n l r r n n a n c T h i c e l q n h a n n e n q i n S n e i n| Y + v Y Y u Y u l g H P g | | J f | | J P q r | | '

where the term for such accommodations is casapa r t i cuLa r , o r a t l eas t i t was i n my expe r i ence .

I f Grove doesnrt seem as laken wi th Yugoslavfood and dr ink as my f r iend Tom, i t may oe thath c i r r q f l a e V o d , s r r i l a h l c d e n r i r r r i i n n h ^ € - F ^ r ^J U 4 U o U I L U c P r I v q u f U r r U C I U ! E l , g

n n i ' f h e r e - R , r f i n w l i f i n n n f t r r n r h a i - i n r i n r t h pr v i r q u u e v u ,

s ounded l i ke Tom l i v i ng i n a Peop le ' s R i v i e rathat drooped i ts l imi ted restra ints . One canwander the steep car l ,ess st reets of the o ld tobinand v is i t the Spanish for l a t the top of theh i l I . And then the re i s sa i l i ng , scuba d i v i ng ,w in r i s r r r f i nn - o t r - , And n r rde ha th inn o f f t nePekl pni f l f nr - i _ e s l - - r ino of i s l e t .s nnnosi te themouth of the harbor reached by f requenl shut l leboa ts . Th i s l as t ac t i v i t y was desc r i bed oy Mrs .K n n e r r r u h i I p i n f h e 6 r ' i n n f r ' l n n r ' l - . 1 ^ r i r r e : l I e r ir \ u 9 9 r v v r ' r I 9 I I L ' r c a r f v u r o I U L q f r r l q l o v y

r r i ' i n ^ l d c r r . r r T ^ L l \ i . r / i t t s f l e r j C g e r r r l t O b a f e , /

o r re ' s de r r i b re . " I ga the r ou r ambassado rsw i thou t po r t f o l i o came to Hva r a f l e r be :ng i nGteece, for Grove commented that "Hvar is r ichenough in lancscape and h is tory to sacis fy anyis lomane, and has handled lhe tour is t revolut ionf a r h e i i e r t h a n q ^ \ , f . a r €, , r r n n a r f h a n h i m c e ' l fL | q r , , r o y t U U ! I U . H r r U L l C l I , I r r r i l J u f '

a r r i c i i m n f f n e l l : i n n l e q r l r l T n r r e r ^ r r n f a .

I f Lawrence Durre l l had seen Hvar,l - le wouldn ' t heve t raveled so far

In la l i ludes Greek.And we shouldn ' t seek

His lace in the Corfu Bar.

T h n s e w i s h i n n t C a V O i d S r r c h I . p v e a l j n nc r r m n i n m q n f 1 - h p r l i i n n ' l c < r l r ^ ; n , , l e i r i n , ^ , o l

-, " - - 1 i o s taywi th less demanding at t ract ions, such as lheexh ib i t s i n t he ru ined Church o f S t . Mark ,' i nc lud ino a n iece n f mosa i c Labe led " f r aqmen t o fRoman bo t tom" f s i c ! ! ! ] . The re a re more exh ib i t si n a F r a n c i s c a n m o n a s t e r y , w h e r e t a i e a f ei n s t r u c t e d t o l o o k f o r t h e i c o n o f S l .Spi r id ion !

GREGORY DICKSON

SECRETARY/TREASI.,RER I S REPMT

t l J h e n I t o o k o v e r t h e p o s t o fSecretary, /Treasurer , J im Nichols warned me thati h e i n h \ ^ r e q n n r : n F t q \ / n n e h r r i i i n c r f ^ i n l . , - r aL r r E J U U W q J r r U u O r I L q J ) L O r t t t y ' r o u

i ls rewards. One of the rewards recent ly hash e e n f h e e n e n r r r l n i n o r e q n n n q e t n n r r r e n n e : l < f n r

S n e i e f r r m p m h p r r t n k e e n f h e i r m e m n p r c h i n q r r n - l - n -

date. Another reward has been the downr ighto v e r w h e l m i n g n u m b e r o f n e h l m e m b e r s . M y

unof f ic ia l counl shows that f i f teen Durre l l iansh a v e j o i n e d u s s i n c e t h e c o n f e r e n c e a tPennsyJ-vania State Univers i ty . Our membershipi q n n t n r n w i n C - h n r ^ r c v e T h P n A r r s e a n o t h e lf J : j t v r r r r r v r r v v v v v v v

unof f ic ia l count shows that at least f i f teenmembers whose memberships ran out in 1985 or1986 have nol renelved. Those of you who haveforgot ten to send us some dol lars wi l l receive a^ ^ ^ ! . , ^ ^ f ^ | ̂ - ^ - n p q j - v a c S r r s a n a n r l I C O U I - dl l d > L y l i u L t r \ u ! o J r r q r L ) ,

make i t , wh i ch i sn ' t ve ry ) w i t h t h i s i ssue o fthe Herald.

Before we of l ic iaLly weLcome our ner / ! membersin th is col -umn, I would l ike to change tne tooicto the Herald and speci f ica l ly to contr ibut ions.Again I am encouraged by the number of peoplew h o w r i t e t o l d a y n e o r S u s a n o r m e w i l hinterest ing in format ion about Durre l l or h isworks or themselves. But have you not iced thatmos t o l l he t i db i t s i n "Peop fe , P Iaces andPubl icat ions" are aboul Socie ly of i icers andboard members? l lJe have a cathol ic , ec lect icSnn j e t ' , , - and i ne e .1 i t n - c w j qn vn t | i l r nU ld Sha f eJ U U l u r J r q | u

v n r r T i n l o - o c ! q e n r i d o r r n c t ' l ) r : r . = ' l 1 - " e l a t e d O f] u u r

no t ) w i t h a l l o f us . D id you know, f o r examp le ,rh^ f Candv Fe r t i I a ' s . nmnns i | | on c l asses have

u q | | v J J v v | i ' Y v ! 4 ! + v i '

fo r ty- f ive students each? 0r lhat David Russel lcannot f ind enough te ierences in the nove. l -s todo a paper for us on "Durre l - l and the Law"?Susan w i l l L i s t he r add ress e l sewhere 1n th i si ssue : w r i t e t o he r l

F inal ly I wouLd l ike to ex lencj a Heral -d icllr lelcome lo our new members:

David v. Ei I l i -kopfAstur ias 400Sani iago, Chi . l ,e

Professor DonaLd P. Kaczvi .nskyn t rn r ' r imFn t n f Fno l i s re v H u r e ! i i v '

117 Burrowes Bui ld ingPennsy l van ia S ta te Un i ve rs i t yUnivers i . ly Patk, Pennsyivania 168A2

Dr. A. Raymond l '4 i I ls2 l Inver le i th PlaceL d l n h t r f n n F H l i ] . i l |L U ] ' ' v v ! : ' ' s ' i /

Scot ] and

RadI v lc tor PeIAezAvenida del L iber tador 26771425 Buenos AiresArgenl ina

Prolessor Michel W. PharandDepartment of Comparat ive L i teratureN4f l Burrowes Bui ld ing

Pennsylvania State Univers i tYUnivers i ty Park, Pennsylvania 16802(home phone : 8L4-2J7-O2I3)

Jul ius R. RaPerf lcnar tmeni of Fnol ishe v P u - e " ! v

Un ivers i ty of North Carol inaChapel Hi11, North Carol ina 27514

F T C O H U N K

4817 East 25th StreetT r r e c n n . A r i z n n a 8 5 7 I II v e ! v ' ' t

Rober l Shulman5590 Einste in AvenueMnntreal . 0uebec H4l i { 2 I9t \ v ' - - -

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HERALD NUMbCIS 8 ANd 9The Heralo aooears--shcul -d apc,ear-- regl la :17

the 15 th o f Oc :ooe : ano Va rc : and i r : e3u la r l y a ii nde le rm ina te t imes i n be tween . The ed i t o r sapologize for the Lateness of lh is number of t "henewslet ter and intend to be back an schedule inL l l E I O I a . he look for : ' ,aro to receiv-rg y l , :news, ccmments, cr i t ic isms--any i -nformat ion i romyou is most wel-come. Please respond! Thed e a d l i n e f o r m a t e r i a l f o r N u m b e r 9 i s 2 8q p n f t r m h p r S p n r l \ / . r r ' ^ r n f t j h ' . f i r n L O S u S d nJ C } J L C T { I U C r u J e u !

MacNiven at L4 Magnol ia PJ-ace, Si iver BeachGardens , B ronx , New York LA465 (o r phone a i212 -792 -2726 ) . Thank you .

Society JournalA t t he end o l Sep tember t he Pub l l ca t i ons

B o a r c j ( l u l i c h a e l B e g n a l , M i c h a e l C a r t w l i g h tr $ct rng Chair l , Gregory Dickson, Wayne l '1arker t ,a n d C a r o I P e i r c e ) c o m p l e t e d p l a n s f l o r t h eSno ip t v i nL ; rna l . wn i ch w i l - i con l i nue the work o fDeus Loc i : The Lawrence Dur re l l Qua r te r l v t ha tJames Br igham co-edi ted and produced for sevenyea rs . Fo r t he sake o f con t i nu i l y ' t he Boa rdr l e r . i ded the n r rb l i ca t i on shou ld be t i l l ed DeusLoc i : The Lawrence Dur re l l Jou rna l . The Boa rdalso agreed that i t would be best to publ ish anann raL pe r i oc l i ca l r a the r t han a qua r te : I y ' I anMacN iven has been appo in ted Ed i ro r - i n -C* ie f ,Ca ro l Pe i r ce Assoc ia le Ed i t o r f o r Copy andDesign, and James Nichols Associate Edi tor forProduct ion. The i i rs t issue is scheduled forDecember L987, and together wi th lhe vol -ume

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c r j i t e d h v M i n h a e l B e o n a l ( s e e b e l o w ) w i l In n m n r i q e a n n m n l e t p P r o c e e d i n o s f o r 0 n M i f a C l es v v r " H r v e e

Ground IV.Contr ibut ions are requested for the I988

iqc r rp . Penc rs i r ea t j nn memhers o f t he Du r re l lC i r c l e as we l l as t hose eoncen t ra t i ng uponDurre l l are welcome. The rev ised N4tA Stv leManual- ( f985) has been adopted as the standardfor the journal . Submiss ions should be sent toIan MacNiven at 14 Magnol ia P1ace, Si lver BeachGardens, Bronx, Ne$r York 10455.

OMG IV PROCEEDINGSMichael BegnaL has edi ted a voLume of papers

s e l e c t e d l r o m 0 M G I V . P a o e r s f r o m t h econ fe rence wh ich , f o r r easons o f space andf h p m e . h , p l p n . t r r s e d f n r t h i s n r n ' i e c t w i l l b en r r n ' l i c h e . i i n i h e n p , r i S n n i o i - v i n l r n i l ( c e e

above ) . M ike l opes to have a pub l i s l ^e r f o r t h i soooK soon.

OMG 11 PROCEEDINGS0n Mi . rac le Ground 1I : Second Internat ional

Lawrence Dur re l l Co r , f e r : nce P roceed -nos , ed i t edby Wayne Marker t and Carol" Pei rce, is s t i l lavai lable. The cost is $ lO, which inc ludespostage at the sur face rate ( lhose who wishcoo ies sen t - a i rma i l w i l l i ave l - o cay oos tage ) .l " lake checks payable to The Lawrence Durre l lSociety and send your order to CaroL Pej- rce att h e f ) e n e r i m e n i n f t r n r ' l i c h , i n i r r e r c i l - v n fv v P u r g | | | ! i | v ' v ' -

t r a l f i n n r e l l r ? n N n r i h f - h 2 r ] p a S f r e e l R r ' l i i m n r pt : - 4 v ' l v r r r t u s r L r " , v ! ? t

Ma ry land 2L2OI .

LDS Meet inq at the MLAThere . !as a movab le mee t i ng o f t he Soc ie r - y

. l r r l i n n t h e M r d e - n ^ ^ o c : a t ; c nJ U r f " 9 L ' i u , ' , - u U I l l L d l ' 9 U d V C H ) )

Convent ion i .n New York in December. PeterChr is tensen and Bi l l Godshalk, who r lere unablelo come to the scheduled meet ing, met wi thva r i ous o the r Soc ie t y menbers ea r l i e r . Cyn th iaand Mike Begnal , Feroza and Reed Dasenbrock,A l i ce and F rank Ke i snowsk i , Susan and Ianr r - ^ r i : . . ^ ^ r r - \ ' j ^ h n ' l q f . r r n ' l F e i r e c ( h a r r nt Y l c l L l \ f V E I I , J ] l l l l \ f , L . u r J t e q r u r t v " o - J , l

Q n e n . e r . H a r - v c f r n p h a c k . a n d S | c r ^ V a n d e f' i i g : I f J g v l ' v v g g l \ '

C los ler gathered on the 28th. Al ter a scc ia l "spss inn . t 1p mee t j p j ho r rn aL -1 Q M en l fOCUSeCon olannino for OMG V snho. j r r ' l er j f - " Aor l l 1968a t Sou the rn I l l i no i s Un i ve rs i t y - -Ca rbonda le .Discussions cont i -nued over d inner at the NewAcroool is . Bth Avenue and 47th Street .

t a J e r n e r R u b r e c h t h a d s e n t a n a l b u m o f^ H ^ + ^ ^ - ^ ^ a ^ t ^ r . ^ ^ a l r r t n n l h e l ) r r r e l l c o n f e r e n c eP r r u L U 9 r d P r r ) L d ^ ; r I u u ! _ lr l - t r e n n S 1 - e i o e n c i f h n q e n e i h e r e n i n h i V l ^ e n i n r r c d

h is excel lent p ic tures. I ,1any thanks to Rubi forshar i ,ng h is photos.

MLA Specia l Session in 1987b J i l l i . a m L . G o d s h a l k p r o p o s e d a s p e c i a l

sess ion on "The Ea r l v F i c t i on o f La ! ^ l r encet l r 1 1 1 6 | | I t n a 9 1 6 d P t n o i ^ t I n \ / o a c P a n t a

Spr inq, tn"Gl lJ f , -Boot , or ear ly shor t s tor ies)"f or the December L987 f'4LA Convention in SanFrancisco. Thi .s was l - is ted in the ! 'J in ter 1986and Summer I987 MLA Newslet ter , and same eightn e n n l e r ^ c s n o n d e d t o B i l l r s r e o u e s t f o r_ ' Y

nrnnnc: ]s , . Rr r f nnr- -e anain f .he Ml A i l r rned down aDurre lL session! (The MLA has been re ject ingDurre l l sessions s ince L982.) Thanks to Bi l lfor h is at tempt to break the Durre lL boycot t .

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through acquir ing lhe book fcr the sake ofDurre l l 's shor t Preface thal I became acquaintedw i th t hese s t range L {omen a^d the i r moods , soo f t e n h i n t i n q a t e m o t i o n a l c r i s i s a n d t h elonel iness of ine i r feeLings--a mood $rh ich of teno f fe rs me reassu rance i n t he ea r l y s l eep lesshours when t i .e fears of the caming oay aren r e r r i c i n n e e i h r r i h a r h a l n i i n n ' , a i z e f r I n e c -P r L v r J r J r r u e J J L ' , q ! , J u u f , ' g r c u ^ L ' u - ' - J J r

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o f a poe t ; [ t r y i ng l t o ge t a t t he h iddeno resence wh icn dwe l - l s i n t he i nan ima te ob jec t . ' lT h p n j c t r r r ^ p s c n m m r r n j c a t e a d j a l n n r r e h e t ' , ! e e a t h ef t r r ^ r . : T c f r r ' l I v . h n c p n n l - i p e t < i n i h e n n n i n n r : n h

and the sens ib iL i t i es o f l he human sub jec t s o ff h o n i n l , ' r o n r o r f i ^ n r n a m a i - i ^ n r ' lI - - ' - - r t u a l I emu L lo r r a . i . s La temen t - - as tatement which emphasizes the af f i r i ty betweent h e p h o t o g r a p h e r a s p o e l a n d t h e p o e t a s

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exper ience when an ar t is l wi . th h is d ia logueswi lh immorta l i ty d ies on us. Whereas Mooretakes the human form and converts i t in to anemot i .onal s tatement--h is own v is ion of a t ruthi n l e r n r o f e d < n h r r , r i r l - r r o n f t h e n h n i n n r : n h i ne l

form--Brandl renders abstract the human form, sotha t i n t he l as t sec t i on o f B rand t ' s book thenormal terms of v isual reference are barelyd i s t i . ngu i shab le and the v ieu /e r r s senses a returned towards the very verge of d isor ientat ion.

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inanimate objects-- is weLL i l lust rated i l l i recomoare lv lcnrers fenale nuoe in the etc^ 'nr- f r^mD u r r e L l ' s C o l l e c t e d P o e m s 1 9 l l - 1 9 7 4 ( F a b e r ,1980 ) and one o f B rana t ' s pho tog raphs , Number 5in Pe rsoec t i ve . Each fea tu res a sea teC i ema lenude f rom a rear lhree-ouar ler v iew. ] ' "1ocre 'sf rom the r i gh t , B iand t ' s i r om the 1e f l . Bo tha r t i s t s r r s e I i n h t . i . o p m n h : c i z o ' \ a . ' . n a n t C u t V ?v J e r r : i '

o f t he back o f t he sub jec t . Moore , howeve r ,q h n w q n n l c 1 r 1 : n l f h o c , t - t i o ^ ' j s n r r f c f f a t i ^ e

knee. By the master iu l use of snacjouJ ande m n h a s i s n n f h e c L r v e s o f t h e b o c r v ' v n ' - oachieves a warmth and tenderness wi th just ahint of desi . re. The eJ-egance and erot ic ism oiMoore ' s l ; ea tmen t a re a l so p resen t i n B rand t r s ,bu t t he sha rpe r ang l i r - g o f t he a rm o f B rand t ' sn l l r lP s r i nnes ts a l ack o f ease i n rne sub ien f ' Tn' ' v v e J U Y Y ! J

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s i n n l e h p r J - p m n f v . t h e f r e s h w h l t e s h e e t t u r n e dh : n i z 2 n n m i n o r r q m c i a n h n r i n r c - i - : - - 1u o u ^ t o r r J p l l f L U d !

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j a c k e t o f t h e t r a d e e d i t i o n o f D u r r e l l - ' sco l l ec ted noems i s ceen t . r dn scan t i r : s t i ce t ot h e e f n h i n c r ^ r h p n . n m n ^ r t r r l n r i i h t n e n r i n i n : ' l ' i n

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bookmanship.The re issue of The Alexandr ia Quartet by

Faber (a lso l is ted in the previous Herald) wi lha new dust wraooer is of in terest in i . tse l f .Given that i t a l ready has once been re issued bythat publ isher in a David Geni leman wrapper in' l C R n f h e n r n r r i c i n n n f a n n m n l c f e ' l \ / T ^ : ^ ^ : ^ ^ ^ iL l e v , L r r u P r u v r J f u i , u I a u u i l r u 4 u u u r ) T C U C J f 9 l r g u

w lannF r hv f hp c ^me a1 ' t iS t ShOwS fa i t h i n i hebook as a regular good sel ler . Somehow the newr ^ r T e n n c 1 I e n l z < f h o h . ' ' - + ; n a n r m a c n h a r a- , , - r a u n L r n g a L m o s p n e r e c c n v e y e oh v j t s n r p d p a p q c n r a n d a a h n o d n n l - h a i a C k e t s O f' ! " u J '

the indiv idual vo lumes. Faber a lso p lans tore issue the two volumes Tunc and Nunquam laterr r . i a . , o - - - ^ - j - T h n n e , " r i f h c e n i ' l 4 5 1 6 i r ^ t , a f cL r r r ) y E o ! , d g d r r r . | , - - v , J d L K c L > .T a m n r r f i f i e d i n r i l h 2 i T n r e q r r m e l n h . - ^ A ^ - r -- - - d F d U t r I 5

con t i n r j nn . nn f j nence i n t hese books . T hnnethat a s ingle volume edi t ion o i The AviqnonQuintet is rn the of f ing. That s f -ould g ive thesequence not only an added readership, but a lsothe ea r l y c r i t i ca l app ra i sa l as a un i t acco rdedthe Quartet bul denied the Quintet due to i tsl e n g t h y o r o d u c t i o n s p a n . ( t ' l o t e t n a t t h en lh l i n r l i nn no r i n r j O f t he QUa f te t WaS fOUfyea rs , and tna t o f t ne Qu in te t t .we l ve . )

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l n 1965 Hors t and h i s w i f e , F rances , becameacquainted wi th Claucje and Lawrence Durre l l inR h n d e c . a n d e f T i e n . l c h i n n . v e l n D e d w i t nt

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more members d id not have a chance to meet Horstand sha re h i s memor ies o f encoun te rs w i t hDurre l l under the Medi . terranean sun. t 'Je extendn r r r c v m n : f h v f n f r : q 6 9 5 .

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JAl.,lES R. NICHOLS, If November 1985"A Note on Doing Le DOme"

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the MacNivens whi le on our way to a Europeanva r .a f j nn wp r r l ' l nnn n l annpd - O r r r I r r r ' k was SUChthat t l ' te were abl-e to read Frank Kersnov,rskirsV i c e - P r e s i d e n t ' s c o l u m n b e f o r e H e r a l d 7appeared. The decis ion lxas immediate. h ie hadto see, and s i t in , and eat at Le D6me.

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a nd sped (a t speed , be l i eve ou r bus d r i ve l )t h rough the F rench coun t r ys ide to Pa r i s ( I l e oeFrance and I le de Par is , and a l -L that) . Then e v i d r r i e f f e r e m ^ - r r a l ^ ' - n i - r e Q e i n e' . u ^ L v a y t o r L U r a " r d r v g I U U ) r , I v r r l u r r t l c J c r r r c ,

we wa lked the ga rdens (a l l o f t hem, eve rywhere ) ,n a n c d a t f n e h r r i ' l r i i n n c n r i h e r i r r ' l q i n t ^ r F r c e i^ 1 ^ ^ r . i ^ ^ r 1 . ^ ^ - n i f l : t p i n f n e a f i e r n o n nq I . t d l l U l l l d l a y ) E L u ' I r ! q L - ! , L r r u a . , v - . . e v . t

for Le DBme.Kersnowsk i - -we rve some se t t l i ng uF , o ld man !l , i le beoan nt r r t rek r tnrrun f hp R^<ra j ' l a t an r- :n-

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t he sea rch . " I mus t have l ooked despe ra te .nBu t . r l

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Car la? She just smi les whenever I te l1 thes to ry . We 'd seen the Mona L i sa t ha t morn ing .

MICHAEL HAAG

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Michael Haag publ ished the 1982 edi t ron of E. l '4 .Fo rs te r ' s ALexand r i a : A H i s to ry and a Gu ide w i tha n I n t r o d u c t i o n b y L a w r e n c e D u r r e l l a n dAfterword and Notes by Michael Haag; in 1985th i .s edi t i .on i r !as republ ished wi th a rev isedA f te rword and No tes . I n response to yoL red i t o r ' s q r res t i cns d r - , r : ng a mee t i r g l as : Ju I y ,M iehap l Haan k in r i l v w ro te t he f c l l o r r r i . no a r t i c l efor the Hera1d.

You were asking me about the t ime I v is i ledthe scene of the Cervonis ' carn ival - bal l inA lexand r i a . I t happened l i ke t h i s .

A f p w v p a r c a n n T w i c , ^ / ^ n . 1 F r i n n a r o u n d t h e^ ; + , , , . , ^ - r . j ^ - , { F v t h r n , n h l h : f { j a f f e n O fr r L y t y v u ! n r r i 9 r r r y u l q j r L r r r u L \ , l r I L r ' q L v v

s t r ee l s nea r t he Greek Pa t r i a r cha te (S t . Saba ' s )where Bal thazar l ived and Clea had her s tudio.Fur lher east , o f f e i ther s j .de of the former RueFuad (whe re the Hosnan i s had the i r t ownhouse ) ,t he be t te r pa r t o f t own beg ins , w i t h many f i - e

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but abandoned mansions set behind gates, just asDurre l - l descr ibes the Cervonis ' . Nearer theE a s t e r n H a r b o u r i s t h e d e r e l i c t B r i t i s hConsulate, not far f rom the terminus of theRamleh t ram, making i t not only a popular but an n n v e n i e n t f a r n e f f n r r i n i i n n F n r r n l - i : n c a l r r r i n e

such inc idents as Suez. The d ip lomat ic corpshave s ince removed themselves some mi les toR r r c h . l i w h c r p i h p v n n w f r v j - h p f l e f l n v F T ' a f h a t h a d

b e e n i n D u r r e L l ' s d a y t h e a m b a s s a d o r r sres idence.

In land f rom the o ld consulate, behind i tsf l a r d e n c T d i c e n r r e r e c i a n r i n k e f n i 1 - n h n n m n ' l e f e

wi th c lub house and scoreooard--wai t ing for p layto resume ( I 'm a l ra id i t i s now gone ) . Andbeyond th i s - - t ha t i s , abou t ha l fway oe tween thec o n s u l a t e a n d t h e R u e F u a d - - a n i m p r e s s i v etownhouse the s ize of a modest apar tmenl b lock.F r o m t h e f r o n t ( s o u t h ) i t i s a l m o s tundiscoverable: you must turn of f the Rue Sul lanHussein in to a l i t t le s ide st reel to come uponi t suddenly . But the v iew i t commands, If h r - r r nh f . w i i h s r r { - h e te rn i t i es as a C r i cke t c i f chand the two -s to rey B r i t i sh Consu la te ensu r i ng an e r c n n j : l n a n n r a m a l f f . l ^ e h a i l c r p - - m u S ' - O ewor -de r f u l and was np -he r ' < , n2 rp ' ' 11 1 v . - l ns i oe :ec .

I wanted to f ind out more about i t .R v i h e n d d e < f n h a n n e T f n r r n e i m v c e l f r i

d i n n e r t h a l w i . n t e r i n L c n d o n w i t h a nEngJ- ishwoman who had been born in the house wheni . t was s l i l l d i v i ded i n to apa r tmen ts . TheMa ison Ba lass iano , she sa id i t had oee^ c3 l l eo ,Rue Amin Pacna F i k r y o f f l he Rue d 'A l l emag , re (asthe Rue Sul- tan Hussein uras known ear ly th i .scen tu ry ) . Ano she to ld rne how an l ng l i shmancal led Oswald Finney had cotnerei the cot tcnmarket in Alexandr j .a in lhe 1920s and had boughtf h e h n r . s c a n d . r r f r o d : t . - p h r r i l n i n n i t i n s i C e' I i k c a V e n c f i t n n a l a z z n . H p h A . i ^ n n e d i o r aknighthood, but lor some reason th is was oul ofi h c n r . c c l - i n n T e ' l

' l i n n n i c \ / n r r n . r ^ , i ' - r - - -u . . L ! ] u L J L r u ' r . I u r r - r l r g . J U ) d ,

t ha t he cou ld no t make he r a l ady , l e p rom isecinstead lo make her the queen of Alexandr ia.Her pal -ace was to be lhe renamed Finney House,which he determined to make wi th h is monev andn F T n r r n F f h e c n c i a ] h r , h n F t n e c i f v

I began hea r i ng o the r s to r i es abou t t neF i n n c v c . f ' l n p f o r e x a m n l o . h a n i I l - h a t O s w a l Ov i | 9 ' ' | i U u J ! U | |

c ame upon Josa i n an A lexand r l an bo rde l l - o .Asked some va r i a t i on o f "Wha t ' s a n i ce g i r l l i ke. . ^ , , i ^ i ^ ^ r ̂ - ^ 1 - c e l i k e t . h i s ? . r ' s f - c s a i d s r , ey u u u u r r 1 9 r r I q P f o r - r f , \ e u ' r r r i ,

had been recru i ted to Egypt as a governess bu ' rhad been i ,nducted in to the brothel ins lead.0 s w a l d t o o k h e r o u t , s e n l h e r a ! 1 l a y t oSw i t ze r l and fo r a yea r o f po l i sh ing , and whenshe returned marr ied her .

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Later I was to ld by a woman who ought toknow, who was one of Josa's c losest f r iends inAlexandr ia dur ing the th i r t ies, that th is andalL other lur id ta les about the Finneys are nott r u e . P e r h a p s t h e y a r e e x a m p l e s o l t h a tcapaci ty Alexandr ia had, that a1l expatr ia te^ ^ n a " ^ ; + i ^ ^ L ^ ^

" o r f a h r r l n r r s n n s q i n T h e n a nU u l l i l l r u l ' I L a g - I ' O V C , | _ - . _ _ _ V _ , ,

to th ink of Nessim and Just i .ne.I t uvas Josa F inney ' s f r i end , aga in a t a

London d inne r pa r t y , who + "o ld me tha t t hepart ies at the Finney House u,rere famous. I t wasthese, sne said, that gave Lawrence DurreLl thesource lor the Cervonis ' carn ival bal l - . DidDurre l l ever go to one? r tOh no, no; he wouLdn' thave been i nv i t ed ! " She nea r l y f e l l o f f he rchair wi.lh shock at the suqqesti.on. "h,lho wash e a f f o r r ' l I ? r l

f l swa l . t mr r d i nner n : r l - r r hnc f ec< in l ru J u r q r u r r r ' y u J r r r s - T - - - J . . - - - - - - - - * J m e , m e tJ o s a i n T r i e s t e ; s h e r v a s a b o u t s i x t e e n .unsophist icated, but fu l l o l v ivaei ty and charm."She made Alexandr ia revol -ve around that . house.She had r r ' londerfu l taste, aJ"ways wore the l_atestC h a n p l s - h r r t n t r v p Y ' l n c f h o r c i m n l i n i t ' , ' t t TJ r i l i P r r L f L y . I

Learnt that as Rommel approached the c i ty Oswaldf l "ed to South Afr ica where he d j_ed dur ing t .hewar l h i s body was rebu r i ed i n t he c i r y , ano i nthe Dokki area of Cairo a square has been nameofo r r im , Nasse r seoues t ra ted ths 16u5s , and i ni960 Josa paid of f the servants, removed ihefu rn i t u re , and sa i l ed back to i t a l y " La te rSadat re lurned the house to Josa Finney, but asno more than L5000 Egyot j .an can be taken out oft he coun t r y i n a yea r , t he re was no po in t i r -s e l l i n n i t : i i q t r F m p f l i n ^ i t n . F n r , n r i : n+ u , r L J v ! , r L - . v , a t p - - - , . n a v y , ! a Sr P n i i n n i f f n r : n i 1 ' f : n c e : n d i z o o n i n n i t i . - ^ ' A - tr L f / i g u l u

oTde r ,So in the sLirfirner of l98l I was in Alexandria

again, and I ca l leC on ihe Finney Fiouse. Ap laque by t he doo r announced the Bank o fCommerce and Development . I walked in acrosslhe c ieam-co. l -oured marble f loor to the desk ofl"layssa Abaza , the rnanagei ' s secre tary , and toloher (complete l ie) that I was a good f r j .end ofMrs . F inney ' s , had me t he r a yea r ago i n I t a l y ,and she had suggesred I come ard look aro,Jnohe r house . Mrs . F inney had d ied two mon lhs ago ,Mayssa to ld me , j us t a i t e r ' se l l i . ng t he houseto t he bank . I was ob l i geo to f e i gn thegreatest surpr i .se and sorro lv lor the dealh ofa woman I had never met . We would have to askthe manager rs pe rm iss ion . He sa t i n a l a rgeroom to the r ignt of the entrance ro i l^e iouse--' r T h i s L J S e d t o b e t h e c l o a k r o o m , " l u l a y s s aw h i s p e r e d t o m e - - a n d I r e t o l d m y l i , e ,e laborat ing wi th some iur ther invenled deta i . ls ,and v ' tas then kepl wai t ing for at least twenty

minutes. Meanwhi le I fe l1 in ta lk ing wi thMayssa, a J-ovely woman. I showed her my copyo f E .M. Fo rs te r ' s A lexand r i a : A H i s to rv and a. , , i ! ^ t L - . : - ^ ! 1 i i + i ^ ^ + ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ - ; n t r n n l : n dg l l l g r L r r c t f r s L c u J L J . u t I L U d p p e d r f L . * . . = _ * _

that I had just publ ished wi th an Int roduct ionby Lawrence DurreLl - i yes, she had read one oft h e e a r l i e r A l e x a n d r i a n e d i t i o n s , a n dT h e A l e x a n d r i a Q u a r t e t t o o . S h e w a s t h en a t t n h i e r n f a i r i r e n e i r r r i n o r ^ r . c h - r n h ' , n h r n a ar u J U U 9 L , v r o J u u r r r u y u t r q t t u g

in Beni Suef , but came to ALexandr j .a ar rwoweeks - - " I am an A lexand r i an , " she sa id , and fo rth i s house and fo r t h i s c i t y , I d i scove red , shehad the g rea tes t l ove . t l r s . F inney , she to ldf i€, h a d s o l d t h e h o u s e f o r t l . 5 m i l l i o nI t r n r r n f i c n \ r h c r r r | l r r ' 1

n , " n r i n o r l n a ^ +\ L g y P u ! a t t l I d r r o r J U r u a ) ' r u v v p r r L C - - d . L l l l u 5 L

immediate ly the bank was of fered El mi l l ion fori t - -but she had at tached lhree condi t ions: thati t should a lways be known as The Finney House,l a ^ l ^ ^ + a l ^ ^ : ^ : !L r , d L I r r J L r r l r r g . | I f L mus t be t amoe red w i t h , andtha t OswaLd F fnney ' s po r t ra i t shou ld f o reve rrema in on d i sp lay . She po in ted l o t r e ma :b Ief l oo r : "The bank has j us t pu t t h i s i n , " shesa id . " I t cove rs t he sw imming poo l , he re ,beneath my desk, and over there the hot baths;i l j .s a l l there-- the f loor can be removed at anvt ime . "

I was cal led back to the manager, s i . t t ing i_nthe c loakroom. He had been cn the phcne lc h isq r i n p r i n r s i n f ' e i r n T m r r q i f r r e n n n h nr u F J l ? ! r u r r r r r u o r r u , - - . . - t . O g f a p n s ;I must rdr i te no ar t ic l -es. Yes, I could looka round the i ouse . f / ayss3 made a l i r t l e j u rno c fc i c l i n h i a n a r t r c h p d m t r t r n 1 - h t r . e n f r . l . - a i - ^ ^ - -J L d I _ t d : c

o f honeyeo marb le , mass i ve : : t sp i : a l l ed l pwarcsth rougn f i ve s to reys t J t he roo " pas t room a l t : :room of marble and nar lu,ooo, t l -e roons pa.e l leco r damascened , t he wo rk o l l l a l i an c l a f t smen ."He l ived here seven montr-s of the year , " f , ra \ ssasa :d , "a rd wen t away fo r f i ve ; t na r i s whe^ t l - ework was done, and i . t s t i . l l was unf in ished ath i q d e a t h . r r I n n f t h p i m n r c c s i n n i - h : r M : r r s q au | q u , . u / J J q

spent her ]unch hours explor inq the house anc! z n e r r i l i n t i m r l - o l r r

The f i rs t f loor was f i l led wi th ant i .ques; i .none room hung F inney ' s oo r t ra i t , t r ue t o t hecontract . The bank used th is as i ts board room.The palnt ing , lvas amateur ish and revealed l i t r leo f h i s cha rac te r : sandy ha i r , b l u f f appea rance ,F n n l i c h n f t h e n p l i n . i " r i t h n ' r t c p o m r ' n n m i r - ' ! ^ - . .' u L L r e u r , r _ . . 9 i l t r 1 a L O f y

o r gen t r y o r sha rp o r ha rd . I t was pa in ted ,Mayssa saio, by a f r iend who knew the Finneyswhen they had an apa r tmen t nea rby , by t heS n n i - i i s h n i r ' i c ' s n h n n l F i n n p r r h r n h o r. , * , . , . _ / , __ __JOme ve ryi l l and Josa had been h i s nu rse ; t hey f e l l i nl ove and mar r i ed . Soon a f t e r , he i nhe r i t ed agood sum of money and f rom then he regarded Josaas h is luck and never made a decis ion wi thout

f i rs t consul t ing her . Another var iat ion off h e i r ' l i f p q t n r r r . T d n n r i l z n n r n r 1 4 l i 1 l p r n i c' e J L J I J , u r r r 4 u r | , d a L ) 1 U !

whom, to bel ieve. But that b i t about h is a lwaysreferr ing to her , even in business mat ters: thatI 've heard e lsewhere, and I vvas in terested tonot ice on the th i rd f loor , where a lso there is adin ing room and I iv ing room, that f rom theF i n n c r r q I h e d r n n m e n n r r e r e d h r i d n c

' l e = d c e l i r e n i l r r' . . . . , " J

i n t o t h e b u i I d i n o n c x f d n n r . f h c n f f i c e s s t i I las in Oswald's time of the E-gyp!ign__Qez_g!!g andMai l - , newspapers he had owned.

I asked many quest ions, more than l . , tayssa knewthe answers to. She vvent of f in search ofI t4ohammed. This Mohammed, an o ld man, appearedin h i s ga lab i yya ; he had been he re s i i ce t heh e n i n n i n n h e s a i d a n d w i l - h h i q ^ r p . - h ^ ^ ^ €u L g r r i l r r r r Y t r r c J o r u t q r r u v r - L r I r r 4 r g t u o l u o g u l

k p v q h p q h n n r e d r r c e r i e r v i h i n n m n r e f h e n M r \ / q q ,' . " J " ' J - " ' " Y r l r v r v

had seen beiore. For two and a hal f hours weloured the house--Mohammed was doing me a greathonoul , Mayssa nudged me, and I had to at tend toevery deta i l he revealed. 0n the second l loorwere the card room and b i l l iards room: here hepul led back the dust cover and ran my hand overthe ba i ze , shov r l ed me a beau t i f u l l y l vo rkedun fo ld ing r / ! oooen Oox oe o i l l i a rd ba11s , handedme a cue , l e t f ne t ake a sho r , po j . n l ed to ac n p n i a i n r c l n e l J c r r , l h n r r c r n d l a r l u s u p acen re f c1 - : i r r ^ ra \ / f n f he r i i n ' i nn r nnm P- - t Y - ' - ' : ' - aCn rOCmS 'I i n e n n r r T n n 2 r d c n a n f - j a q . N 1 : c . F i n n : v , S : l O t n e Scupboald, l ' ,1 I . F inney ' s wal l saf e DehinO theh e d r n n m n a n e l I i n n e r r o r r r f c a l - r r r o n r o r f ^ r . h ^ i lr u t u v u ^ ) l U o L U f L U ! A O L V ! ) l l l q l a t

obv i -ous or secre l . In the l ibrary on lhe four thf loor Mohammed opened the bui l t - in drawers. uen l n s e d i h e m : n d n n e n e d l h e m : n e i n r r M l h n n r n r r r r

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h p c a i d . a n r J T r c a l i z p f l h o s r a < c h n b r i n n m e h o v ! i n

the sea-damp aLmosohere of Alexandr ia everyth ingh e d h e o n t h n r r n h l - n€ + i a - F . ' ; r ^ A ^ ^ .J r r L n e ' , a r c m a n o g a n y n e v e ls w p ' l l i n n a n r i s i i c k j n n . l - h e e . f r n n O f t i . e- m ^ ^ f h l ' , a n a ^ j n a ^ n r i n l n < i n n 1 1 r . r ^ , o r c I r r r i n n l r r) l l l U U U l l f y U p g r r f l 1 9 d l u e r u J r , r q u r c s v - - J t - v r r r u r _ l /

demonstrated.0n the Iower l l oo rs l he mo l i f had been

T f e l i : n v a n r r p l v f l n r p n t j r e . h r r f n n t l - e f O U f t h| ' ' g Y v L r , | : v t v | | w 4 l v '

f loor there uJas an Egypt ian f lavour : mashrabiyyaq a r c p n q n r i c n i e l I r m n < r r i r r e n o d r ' l n n r r p' - - - ' - s runn lnground a vast bal l room. Inv i la t ions for a par lywould be sent out around the wor ld three monthsin advance. As many as 2500 guests !4 loul -d come.A c i e f f n f f n r l - r r l z e n t t h p h n r ' < a c n i n n i_ r - , , _ng . ne rethe great marbLe sta i rcase came up against thernn f - nanc l s n f n l aSS la id ac ross i t l o l e t i nnatura l I ight dur ing day whi . le on tce roofi t s e l f v n r s a w t h a t s o o t l a m n s w n r r l d s h i n e d o w nJ v v v v ' r

f h c q i : ' i r w e i I n r n r r i d i n n i l ' l r r m i n : i i n n . F F n i n i n

the house by n ight .0n th j .s roof there is a terrace over looking

f h e n r i n k e r n i f e h f h e n n n < r , l e f e l - h o- , - n a r o o u l ;

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and here there is a min iature marble Greektheatre urhere the Finneys and thei . r guests couldamuse themseLves wi th l i t t le comedies, L i t t lef r a n c d i e q T h e r r i e r r a q T h e d n r r e q c e . l i c

s p e c t a c u l a r : t h e W e s t e r n H a r b o u r w i t h i l snumerous cranes, Lake Mareot is to the south andthe de l i ca te n reen n f f he l - l p l f a . and to t hen o r t h E u n o s t o s o o e n i n q i t s a r m s t o t h eMedi terranean.

"He wouLd have been sad to see that , " sa idM A V s s A - n n i n f i n n f n f h p h e : n q n f r " r h h i S h o n t h eroo fs be low- -an Egyp t i an hab i t I t ake fo rn r r n f e d a n a l ' ^ , a q q r r r n r i c e a l f h a f q h e r e m r r r e n n n

So what d id she th i .nk Alexandr iats lu ture wouldbe , I asked he r . " I t has no fu lu re . " A l l t heo]d houses would be pul led down, replaced wi tho r d i n a r y a p a r t m e n t b l o c k s . S o m e o n e d i e s ,seve ra ] ch i l d ren i nhe r i l , t hey can ' t a l l l i ve i nf h p h n r r < c e n t h p v s p l I i t a n d ^ r ^ " ^ 1 ^ ^ ^ -- . - J r e r r o ' r u o u c v E I U U E l

knocks up something new. There is no bui ld ingcon t ro l ; i t i s a l l done bad l y .

This was not qui te what I meant ; I r l rasr e f e r r i n n l - n t h e t r n r r n f i a n i - r f i a n a € . c i l - r r l - h : ir u L 9 y P L r o l r I 4 d L I U l I u l d t r L y L r r q L

e i t he r has a cosmopo l i t an souL o r has none ."Mohammed , " I sa id , " I f t h i s i s anyone ' s rousenoh / , i t i . s h i s . He has seen i t ' uh roug l - i t sh j . i h . i t s r . i f e . . . d n O W i t . S f i n a l g m n a i . n . n n _

Th i s house $ ras a r i ch man ts t oy , bu t t hough I dono t t h i nk Egyp t needs i r s f ew : i ch ano i t 3 mar /nocl r . a r^ j iv 1 ; kc Alexandr ia does neec Scrnes t y 1 e , s o m e o c c a s i o n a l o u t b u r s t s o f t h efantast ic . " The v iew rxas extraord inary, andf r n m r r n h c r o n n i h o r n n f \ / n , r . n r ' ' l o t h i n l , - a f n i n ^

h 2 d n h : n n t r a i M ^ \ , - - - r ^ j i h ^ - ^ c r r d d e n l r ,r r q u u . ' o r , 9 u u . r ' , o _ v ) ) O ) q I ! , t r o t U J u u J - r , _ / !

"A lexandr ia does nol need socia l ism."h l h e n T l e f f . M a v c s . - : v o m p h o r ^ : " r j : B a n k O f

Commerce and Devel0pment , THE FINNEY HOUSE, 3Docleur Ahmed Abdel Salam S'ureet , Sul tan HusseinS l r e c f . - A l p x a n r l r i a . T h i S h O U S e a n c i t S n a r n p . : ti r v i ! t s e

' I ̂ ^ - f f l , a ^ , , h ^ . , ^ ' , ^ n i e c n e r n n n l - r r c rf g O ) L , L l l g y l l d V E ^ E U L o J p u ! u u , ' u ! q u - .

PEFLE, PL-ACES AI\D PLB-ICATIO\S

x ln March 1986 CORINNE ALEXANDRE-GARNER gavebir th to her f i rs t ch iLd, a daughler . Heral -d icC n n n r a t r r l a f i n n c t n K a t i a a . r d h e r n a r e n t s !

* JAMES R. BAKER publ i .shed an interv iew wi thJohn Fowles i . r the Fa] l 1986 Michiqan Quarte: lvReview. He is a lso edi t ing a vofume on l r l i l l iam^ ^ 1 r : - - ' ^ - ^ K . H a l I C r i t i c a l E s s a y s o nU U T U f , I I g I U L L I I U U .

B r i l i sh L i t e ra tu re se r i es .

x The August 1986 Fict ion Maqazine (London)

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conta ins an ar t ic l "e on the poetry of Dannie Abseby ROGER BOlnEN.

+ JAI€S P. CARLEY is g iv ing a paper, "JohnCowper Pcwysis Glastonbury," at the Thi rd AnnualConference of lhe Powys Society of North Amer icaat Hofst ra Univers i ly , 5-7 June.

* MICHAEL CART'c{RIGHT has been named Dean ofHumani t ies and Socia l Sciences a l Chadron Sta leCoJ-J.ege.

* Dur ing the summer of 1986 PETER CHRISTENSENheld a scholarship at the School of Cr i t ic ismand Theory, Dartmouth Col lege, wnele he tookcourses wi th Ela ine Showal ter and Hazard Adams.

P e t e r t s a r t i c l e r r T h e R e l a t i o n s h i p o fD e c a d e n c e t q t h e A v a n t - G a r d e A s S e e n b yPogg io l i , BUrge r , and Ca l i nescu " was pub l i shedin Pape rs on Lanquaqe and L l ' , e ra tu re 22 , No . 2(Spr ing 1985): 206-215, and another ent i t led " f "1rNoon: Some 01d Problems i .n a New Text ' r appearedin S tud ies i n t he Nove l 18 , No . 4 (W in . , e r 1985 ) :415-426.

A t t h e D e c e m b e r 1 9 8 5 M o d e i n L a n g u a g eAssoc ia t i on Conven t i on , Pe r .e r read two pape rs :"S i l ence and T ragedy i n t r e ' i { o r ks o f Ben jam inFondane" for the paneL "Romanian h l i i - te ls and t -heHermeneut ics of SiLence" and "Simone de Beauvoira n d M a r g u e r i t e Y o u r c e n a r a s H i s t o r i c a LNovel- is ts" for the sessi -cn "Simone Ce Beauvoirand the Women ln j r i lers of Her Generat ion." Peterw i l l a l so be pa r t i c i oa r i ng i n i ne Tn i rd A r -nua lConference of t .he Powys Society o l Nortn Amer icaa t Ho fs t ra Un i ve rs i t y , 5 -7 June ; h i s pape r i s" f i ' /essex, 1272: , History in John Cowper Pcwys'sThe B razen Head . "

* Q o n o n l - l r i r t i c n n r , : - o n h \ / \ / n , . r o e l i f r r : B ] _ a S t l

(ed i led by Searnus Cocney ano publ isned by 31ackSpar row P ress , l 98z r ) w i t h an a r t i c l e , "Vo r t i c i smAmnnn fhc Tqmq- ' r hv REED | IJAY DASENBROCK. Reeda lso u t ro te "C rea t i ng a Pas t : Achece , Na ipau l ,Soy inka , Fa ra l ^ " f o r Sa lmaqund i 6E-59 ( tSgS-1 9 R K ) : j 1 2 - 7 3 2 ; ' r f c n e n i n n f h o Q c l i r o 5 r D O U b L e' L J U u H f | | Y J Y J ! ! V -

B i nd i n Books I I I and IV o f The Fae r i e Queene"f n r S f r r r i i p c i n t r n n l i c h r i i e r a t r r r o l q n n - i e n n 2 <

N o . 1 ( I 9 8 5 ) : 2 5 - t t 5 ; a n C " I n t e I l i g i o i J _ i t y a n dMeaningfu lness in Mul t icu l - tura l L i - terature inEngJ . i sn " f o r PVLA I02 , No . I ( Janua ry I 9B7 ) : I 0 -t 9 .

At the December l986 MLA Convent ion, Reedn A V p a n . n p r . " r l i s n e l I j n n t h p M v t h n f P r e s e n c el ^ ! h - r ^ - ^ ^ ^ l ! i ^ ^ , l l : q c , r n n m r r f n r j - l - . e n a n e lI l I L l l C U U l l l U U ) I L a U l I e f J J J r v u , ' r , u , , _

"Relat ions between Vr l r i t inq and Speakine."

* ALAN | t lARREN FRIEDMAN pubJ. ished | l j iL l iamFau lkne r ( Lo r r imer , L986 ) , wh i ch the T imesI i iprarv Srrnnlcmcnl- Of 27 June 1986 deSCribed aS"a h i .gnly condensed but credi table themal icsu rvey o f Fau l kne r ' s nove l - s . " See be low fo rAl -anrs recent book on Durre l l .

* 0n 7 November 1985 FRANK KERSNOI^JSKI read apaper, "Pol i t ics and 0ther Af l i rmat ions in theNarrat ives of John Montague," at a symposium onthe Modern I r i sh Sho r t S to ry a t t i r e Un i ve rs i t yn f A n n c r q i n R r i t t r r- - , , r y .

* Th i s summer JA l .4ES N ICHOLS i s l eav j . nglv ' lusk ingum Col lege, rxhere tne Society celebrateo0n Mirac le Ground I I1. J im has been appointedl ^ h a i r m : n n f i h e D p n e r f m e n i n f t r n n l i c h r " . 6 ^ r ^ : ^L r r L u s u q t L , , q f f J , . o L U q U I U I d

cn , , f ha rn . n r ' r a ^a i ̂ s t a tesoo ro .

+ An exce rp t en t i l l ed "P ie ta a t C l i chy " f r cmSent i .ments l imi t roohes by ALFRED DERLES appearef

5 ( 1 9 8 7 ) : 1 5 -i8. This select i r :n was t ransl -ated in to Engl isnh r r F r r n k A l h o r i i

* At lhe December f , lLA Convent ion sessionr r F x n p r i m p n i : l i c i - . l , { o m e n , n j r i t e r s : A L o s tg ? \ P e a

T radi t ion, I ' S l - iARON SPENCER read " l ' ' lak i r ig i reNove l Nove l : Ana i s N in and D juna 8a rnes . "

* KAY THOMPSON could not at iend 0n l " l i . rac leGround IV because she was r"ak lnc hel exams for:n M-A- i n Fnn l i c , h as a Second Lancuaoe ancA n n ' l i e d I j n n i i s i i 6 g a t - - : r e u - j v e ' " ' t v r fA1 i znna . S l - p . ac r p i f , o l : | o ^ I a t iO r ,S !

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i s i n s c r i b e d b y D u r r e l l : " T . S . E L i c t 0 . M . f r o mLawrence DurreL] . " I t is descr ibed as "mint andunopened in or ig inaJ. r , ! rappers. ' t

Abou t l a te 1985 So theby ' s so ld a copy o f TheInternat ional Post , No. I (6 Apr iL Lgjg) forE42O. Just one issue of @,a weekJ -y a r t s rev iew , was p roduced , ano fo rv p a r c i h i s r r A ( r - \ T p ( r m t r 1 1 r . n n , r h i i c h o . i n o n r r r c o n n l , rU U U L - q U J g U I L f Y

a paste-up had been seen unt iL L974, when an , r h l i s l l p a i a n n \ / d r : q f n r , n d i n r R r i n h i - n n re u v v P r - - , . J O O K S l t O p .( S e e A l a n G . T h o m a s a n d J a m e s A . B r i g h a mLawrence Du i re l l : A l l l l us t ra led Check l i s t , pp .o o - o / . /

SUSAN S. MacNIVEN

RECENT PI-B-ICATIOil6 BYm C0f\f,ERNIl.G LAffiE|CE U-RRELL

* Faber and Faber re issued paperbacks of Tuncand Nunquam in November 19851 both have a newcover wi th a watercol_or by David Gent leman.Each se l l s f a r E4 .95 .

Penguin (New York) edi t ion at $5.95 in 1985.

* There are three Durre l l contr ibut ions to JohnJul ius Norwich 's A Taste for Travel (New York:A l f r ed A . Knop f , 1987 ; $22 .95 ) : an exce rp t f r omB i t t e r Lemons (pp . 85 -86 ) , a "Ske tch o f Ka l ymnosand Cos" l rom Ref lect ions on a Mar ine Venus (p.I 85 ) , and Dur re l l ' s I 0 Augus t 1940 l e t t e r t ol . l cnr r r M i ' l ' l o r f h r f , 'As n t rh l i sher . i i n The COIOSSUSP v v 4 r J I

o f Marouss i ( pp . 275 -275 ) .

* Durre l l - contr ibuted the poem I 'Keeosake" toP o r t r a i t s o f P o e t s ( M a n c h e s t e r f e n g l a n d ] :Ca rcane t , L986 , so f t cove r *9 .95 ; ava i l ab le i nU .S . a t $15 .95 p lus $1 .50 fo r pos tage f romCarcane t , I 98 S i x th Avenue , New York , N .y .f 00 i l ) . Ed i t ed by Sebas t i an Ba rke r , r he booki n c l u d e s m a r v e L o u s p h o t o g r a p h s t a k e n b yC h r j s f n n h p r R a r k c r n f q i y f v - f i r r e n n o f c c a l a a r a - ir v e P U U U J > c I c L L C U

from those born 1897 to L939 who have beenw r i i i n n e n d n r r h ' l i c h : ^ ^ i ^ y - ^ 1 ^ ^ ; S n n f I e n r jl l l f L a l l q q l l u P U U I I J I T I I l u l l , l ! c f d l l u ,

hJales, and England. 'v ' l i th each photograph is oneo f t h e s u b j e c t ' s p o e m s . S e b a s t i a n a n dChr i s t oohe r a re qons n f f he nnp f Cpn rce R : r ke rU u t | \ v r '

Du r re l l ' s good f r i end s ince the l - a te l 9 l 0s .

x The 0xlord Book of Trave] Verse by KevinCrossley-Hol land (Oxford Univers i ty Press , I9B5$ 2 I . 9 5 ) c o n t a i n s f i v e p o e m s b y D u r r e l l :" Sar a jevo" and t 'At Epidaurus" ( pp. L5Z-L5a)under the sect ion "Greece and the Ba. l -kans" I "TheLevan t ' r ( pp . 27 I -272 ) unde r ' t Levan t , ' I "G reenCoconu ts : R io " (p . 35o ) unde r ,The Amer i cas :South Amer ica and the Car ibbean" I and "Owed toAmer ica" (pp. l - tS- l l5) under "North Amer ica."

* Ch r i s tophe r Fe l ve r a l so pub l i shec a bcok o fnhn l -nn renhc n f nne fg i n 1985 . The POe t EXpOSed(New York : A l f r ed van de r Marck Ed i t i ons ; 925 .96ha rdcove r , ? so f t cove r ) has exce lLen l pho tos o fl0 l poets wi th a poem or comment by eacn.O n n n s i l e i ) r r r e l I r q n h n t n i n h i c h n l n n r r n h . 1 6J P " v e v , u f u g r q P r , o r !

the words: r r l ts la ta l to love, / Lawrence Durre lL/(Pursewarden ) . "

x Durre l l wrote "Maiden 0ver" speci f ica lJ_y fora book on c r i cke t en l i t l ed Qu ick S inq ]es .Edi ted by Chr is topher Mart in-Jenkins and MikeSeabrook and i l l us t ra ted by John Th i r sk , t h i swas publ ished 2 October L9B5 in London by J.M.Den t & Sons L td . John Fow les i s ano the rcon t r i bu to r t o t h i s an tho logy , wh i ch can bepurchased f rom Bernard Stone (The Turret BookShop, 42 Lamb's Condui t Street , London h lc INILJ ) f o r 88 .95 p lus pos tage .* E r i c Newby i nc ludes "Lanoscape w i th o l i ve* Qu inx o r The R ipoe r ' s Ta le : n n c a r p c l i n i

4 ' )

i - rooc l ^nr f r r ' l g3A l l 2n pynprn t f rnm Prncnern I ce r e e J t e e l I v , L r r v , , - " , , , _ _ j _ Y : - E : j _ : _ _ :

Ce1 l , i n A Book o f T rave l l e r s ' Ta les (New York :V i k i ng , 1986 ; $25 .00 ) .

* T h e D r r r r e l l n i p r . e i n l s n d o n M a o a z i n e l 9 5 I - 8 5' %

(ment ioned in Herald 7) is the poem 'Leeches,"wh i ch s t radd les pages I7 - I8 . Th i s an tho logy ,p d i l p c l h v A l a n R n s s . w a q n r r h l j s h e d h v C h a t t o &! 'J indus (London) in 1985 at L10.95.

* M inh^F l HFAn- whn n r rh l i shec i t . he f i r s t t s r i t i shed i t i on o f E .M . Fo rs le r ' s A lexand r i a : A H i s to rvand a Guide in 1982 (London: Michael Haag,I f . l - ) . r e i s s r r e d t h e b o o k i n t h e e a r l v a u t u m n o f1986. This edj . t ion has the same Int roducl ion byLawrence Durre l l as the 1982 edi t ion, but theAf lerword and Notes by Michael Haag have beenr e v i s e d . H a a g j - n c l u d e s m u c h f a s c i n a t i n gi n f o r m a t i o n a b o u l D u r r e l L ' s r e s i d e n c e i nAlexandr ia and about The Alexandr i -a Quartet 'sr c l a f i n n q h i n f n t h p : r - t r , a l r - i l - v . H i c n o t e s a l _ S ov , , e s v e v e 4 v + v J .

make the book an excel lent guide to modernAlexandr ia. In England th is is avai lable inhardback at EI I .95 or in oaoerback at L7.95 f romB ib l i os Pub l i she rs ' D i s t r i bu t i on Se rv i ces L td . ,GLens ide Indus t r i a l Es ta te ' , S ta r Road , Pa r t r i cgeGreen, Horsham, l ' r jest Sussex RHII 8LD; in the- .S . L r ' e pape rback a t $9 .95 ma7 be p r r r : : asecf r o m 0 x f o r d U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s , 1 6 0 0 P o L l i l tO r i r r e F t i r l r r ^ , n N e r ^ r ' l e r q c r r f l T h l l " l ( n n n n c l - a n e9 ! 4 ' 9 ' v u r l v j v , - : v \ '

n ecessa ry w i t h p repaymen t ) .

+ The Mos tyn A r t Ga l l e r y i n L landuono , GwyneCd ,W a l e s h a d a n e x h i b i t i o n o f M a r y M o l l o ' spho tog raphs , " A Ce : l a i . n Fo rm o f i l app iness :Photographs of the Medi terranean I94L- I948,"f rom 28 June-25 July 1986. For th is exhib i tDurre l l r lvrote an In l roduct ion in which he refersto Mary l " 1o1 Io ' s pho tos as " t he wo rk o f a f u l l yevolved sensib i l i tv wi th a o l -or ious sense o ii - ^ ^ ^ t lr I t d u E .

* F rances S te lo f f : M , a. i r - a . . - ^ ^ ^ r ^ ^ n : a k c r n - w : q c h n w n n 1 N e , x Y o I kI l l l r l u Y u g u u ! d ' I u f u ^ r L , I t r e q r

te lev is ion 25 0ctober 1986. Durre l l ' , ! ro te ablurb ior the announcement of the f i lm a l terv i e w i n n i t r i r r r i n n h i s A n r i l l 9 8 6 v i s i t t c t h e' Y " r "i l q

* About I A. l '4 . on 22 February L9B7 a Seat l le( h l a c h i n n f n n ) T V n r n n r : m n r p c c n f p d W n r l O a t h j a r'_::.::-I ? l . a n

" n n r n r i 6 ; f c l v f h r p n f v - v p A r - n l r j f i I m i nt . J t

which Durre l l - is in terv iewed twice, once af terthe Bat t le of El Alamein sequence. Does anyonehave addi t ional in format . ion about th is f i lm?+ r^ tn ( Spniemhcr 1985 the Par is radio showv J v v v e r r r v v

F rance Cu l tu re devo ted i t s who le a f t e rnoonp rog ram to Du r re l l . VLad im i r Vo l ko f f , E r i g i t t eSolk in, Ludovic Chardon, Madele ine At taJ. , Jeant - a r r i F r e . F r a n c n i q p ' ^ r ^ ! - ^ r a ^ ^ ^ t ' ^ u d e R o d d eU O l I I s l 9 t l | r V U r r L U O U U L t q l l U J E d l I - L I O I

n e r i i n i n a l e d i n i l l e R n n n l a i q i r c i eP s ! e + v r P e l u v

Lahi rence Durref l " a long wi th the voices of HenryM i l ] e r and F . - J . Temo le .

Jf J+ J( J( * * lf J+ * * * * J( if J( * * J$ * J+ J( * * J(

REVIEWS OF BOOKS BY, INCLUDING, OR ABOUT DURRELL

* Tn " l a Pdt ina aue cubre l -a obla" (La Naci6n[Buenos A i res ] , I I Janua ry 1987 , Sec l i on 4 , pagel r ) . Oe l f i n I pn r ^a r t i . ' ^ - ^ ^^ - : - ^ ^ ^ exce ]Len t+ ) t u L r r r r I L U U u q u r U u d l d ) d ! J Y t r ) 3 t I

shor t in t roduct ion to The Alexandr ia Quar let ,n r r h l j shcd i n a npw (nen i ch p r t j f i nn hv Ed i tO f i a ly v v r f J , e ' ' e v r v P q

Sudamer i cana . I t i s i n te res t i ng t ha t t h i s newedi t ion of El Cuarteto de Ale. iandr ia has threed i f f e r e n t t r a n s l a t o r s : A u r o r a B e r n 6 r d e zt r a n s l a t e d J u s t i n e a n o B a l t h a z a r ; S a n t i a g oF e r r a r j M n r r n f n l i v e . : n r i M a f i l d e H n r n a . C l - e a .. '_lY!l_ti!ji_t_Y

x In a rev iew of the re issued Tunc ("Jumbledtrantas ies," I !E_j f !gg, 27 December 1986), AnnsBarnes concl -udes that there are t , "n io v iews onecan take o i Du r re l l : " f i t he l ne i s a o r r l l i an r . l yi n r r o n i i r r e e f n r r r t e l l e r n r c r i i n n : h i n h l v

i n i c l I o c f r r e l n : f f c r n n i i m : n e c : n r - i m v r h c n r h c! P q L L U ! | | U l g 9 , ' ' ]

i s a c h a r l a t a n t h r c w i n g t o g e t l ^ e r a ; u m o l e o fc e l f - ' i n . 1 t r ' i n p n t f : n 1 - : c i c c e n i n m a l i r t r n . r ' a ^ i rJ L I I - : I I U U f

9 U I

a rouse ou r bemused cu r i os i t y . Pe rhaps ne i sbo th . I '

* t 'Qu in te de Lawrence Dur re l l , " by Ed i t h Pe ro l -( i n a Pa r i s ne l l spao? r , p rooao l y c f June 1985 )n ' i ves a h r i e f des r : r i n r i on o f t he Qu inc inxnovel-s .

* Jean -D id ie r Wagneur r , l / r o te an exce l l en t ,I i vp l v a r t i r : l e ( t ' l awrence Dur re l l ou 1a ve rs ionAvignon") about Durre l l and the Quincunx for theL3 June L9B5 Libera l ion (pp. 34-35) . I l isa n r n m n a n i o f l n v : u r n n r r o r f l I n r n f n n f n U 1 1 g ] l i ps u e v " r P q , r r l u u J I v r H i ' u ! u u i

i h c I n f . r r s n n s i t . i n r ^ ^ ' ^ L ^ ! ^ ^ ^ ^ i r a n d aI U E I L I I E U U I I d U I ' O

c o n n n I n r n / ( h 1 i n a f - ^ d - r ^ ^ ' , l . - \ n n n t n n fJ L L U I I U g v U U \ v u L l l U L J P q U L d L U I q ! ) t - - -

l } r r r e l l i n h i s n a T n p n . h n t h h v A n n F s B o n n o t ,' v v e ' '

x A rev i -ew of Antrobus Complete I ' fout months^ 4 ! ^_ : ! ^ - . . _1 j ^ ^ - j . n r r i nnpa . t s . i n t he 20 f , , l a f Chd I L c t r L 5 p u u f a L d L - - . . s r P v e ^

I985 Ormskirk Adver l iser ( "Complete Antrobus")and n ra i ses t he bonk . s fa f {nn i f i s one "wh i cns ! ' v

H f s f J e e

i s wo r th sea rch i . ng fo r . "* r r l i r n r r c i n n A h r n : . i l r ( T i m e c l i f p r r r r r q r r n n ' l t r m t r n f

I7 October 1985) is a rev iew of Kevln Crossley-

Hol land's The 0xford Book of Travel Verse byDick Davis who cr i t ic izes the book for inc ludingtoo many poems that "seem afra id of ser iousness^^r ^^^. . -^^. . i l ^^v is s tates: r 'The tone canO l l U d U L U I O U y . V A

n p r h a n s h p s f h c q r r m m c d r , n h v f r n s s l p v - H o l l a n d t s

advocacy , i n h i s i n t roduc t i on , o f La l l r enceDt r r re l ' l r s t r ave l nnpms . a lmnc f a l I n f ' n rh i ch a ree f P v v " ' v t

exerc ises in in tense but l inaLlv suoerf ic ia lLocal - coLout . t t

x In her rev iew ol London Maqazine, 195I-85ed i t ed by A lan Ross ( "A Roomfu l o f Vo i ces , "n ^ i r . , T ^ r ^ ^ - ^ ^ h . M l r r l q A < ) Q r r ] r r i e ^ 1 - . , r ^ ^U d I A V I C ] E U I d U I I . Z L ] d V L U I I

names Durre l l as one of the contr ibulors.

x Ptofessor R. Si lhol rev iewed LDS memberC o r i n n e A l e x a n d r e - C a r n e r ' s b o o k , L e Q u a t u o rd 'Al -exandr ie, l raqmentat ion et 6cr i ture. Etudes u r 1 ' a m o u r , 1 a l e m m e e t 1 ' 6 c r i t u r e d a n s l eroman de Lawrence Durre l - l - (see Herald 5) , inE tudes Anq la i ses No . 2 (1985 ) .

MISCELLANEOUS DURRELLlANA

* S o c i e l y m e m b e r A l a n r d a r i e n F r i e d m a n l sCr i t ica l Essavs on Lawrence Durre l l (one of theCr i t i ca l Essays on B r i t i sn L i t e ra tu re se r i es ,Bos ton , l ' 4assachuse t t s : G .K . Ha11 & Co . , 1987 )conta ins one sect ion of ten rev iews and anothern f f w c n f v p q q ^ v q . A m n n n t h e n n n f r j h u t o r s t olh is vo lume are LDS memoers James Br igham, JamesCar Iey , Reed Dasenb rock , W i ] I i am Gocsha l k , I anMacNiven, Carol Pei - rce, and John Unterecker .

* The re i s one essay abou t Du r re l l , r tTheQu incunx Qu idd i f i ed : S t ruc lu re i . n LawrenceDurre l l - r r by Ian S. MacNi .ven, i .n The Modernis ts :S tud ies i n a L i t e ra ry Phenomenon , Essays i nhonor of Harry T. Moore, edi ted by La\ , r i rence B.Gamache and MacN iven (Ru the r fo rd : Fa i r l e i . ghDick inson Univers i ty Press, /London and Toronto:Assoc ia ted Un ive rs i l y P resses , L987 , pp . 234 -? 1 L R ) T n i c m r r r h e ^ , . , - L ^ ^ ^ r . - ^ - n r I n F n r c n e i eL + a J . I ' t I 5 l l r o y u c p u l L l d > t r U r I U l l l t s U T , I J r J g q - u

D r i ve , C ranbu ry , New je l sey 085 i2 f o r $17 .50p repa id .

* In her book of memoirs, Ends of the h jor ld(Vanches te r lE rgLandJ : Ca rcane t , 1987 ) , Cec i l yM a c k w o r t h d e s c r i b e s D u r r e l l i n h e r f i r s tr - h e n f p r . u r h j n h i c m a i n l v : h n r r f i h e V ' l l a S e u r a t!10r Io .

* There is one br ie f re fe rence to Dur re ] l - -amere ment ion o f Rexro th 's "c r i - t i c ism o f theprogress ive co l lapse o f The A lexandr ia Quar te t "

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(The ac tua l essay i s repub l i shed i n F r i edman ' sbook c i ted above. ) - - in Wor ld 0uts ide the h l indow:T h p S c l p r ' f c r i F s c a v s O f K e n n e t n R e x r O t h o r i f o r r

by B rad fo rd Mor row (New York : New D i rec l i ons ,1987) .

* Unde r I t em I , " lmpo r tan t Cava fy A rch i ve " ( f o rsa le a t E21 ,000 ) , i n h i s Ca ta logue F ine BooksNo . 49 (1987 ) , A lan G . Thomas c red i t s Du r re l lw i t h i n t roduc ing h im to t he poe t r y o f Cava fy .

* Vo]ume 5 ( f987) of Anais: An Internat ionalJournal inc ludes Anai-s Nin, " In to the Herald icU n i v e r s e : A n a i s N i n ' s L e t t e r s t o L a w t e n c eDurre l l , 1917-L939," pp. 73-98; lJendy Becket l ,"A V i s i t w i . t h Lawrence Dur reL l , " pp . 99 - l 0 l ; anda few references to Durre l ] in other ar t ic les.Th i s i ssue a l so con ta ins t he exce rp t i n Eng l i snf rom LDS member A l f r ed Pe r l bs ' s Sen t imen lsI im i t r nnhps . Ana i s m .v hp n r r rnhase r - l f r om ther y : . . ] 5 " ' ' 'A n a i s N i n F o u n d a t i o n / S u b s c r i p t i o n s , 2 3 3 5H i r i a l n n A r r e n r r o I n c ^ ^ ^ ^ r - ^ ^ ^ r i e ^ - ^ r a 9 0 0 3 9 ;| ' r u q r g u n v L r ' u ! t L U J n r l u E I c > r t d f I I u I I l ! (

e c i n n l o . . n \ / i c q 7 n n / F n r o i n n n r i - r -q ) l r r u l E u u P y r ) J / . u u \ | u r q t r g r r u r ! g ! ) o ! t r

$8 .00 ) wh i ch i nc ludes pos tage .

* In an ar t i .c le ( "Put t ing One Lel ' "er Af terA n n t h p r . I ' T h p N F w Y a T / l i m e s B o o k Q p v : . , r , I 5

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Ma rch 1987 , pp . I & 25 ) "mourn [ i ng ] t he l oss o ff h e p n i s i n l a r v t F h : ! r r . l : m p c I f 1 : c . o t g S S ] n eI e v + e t

wr i ters whose "corresoondents are themselves me'ranO h lnmen o f n rea t . ' i f . . a r v om j nen r -e . l , , J i lSOn-

Nabokov , Pound -Joyce , M i l l e r -Du r re l l : some o lt he mos t i n te res t i ng co l l - ec t i ons o f l e t l e r spub l i sned i n recen t yea rs have oe :n s to r i es c fl i terary f r iendship. "

x There are two br ief references to Durre l l inRober t S tone ' s a r t i c l e "Egyp t i an I n te r l udes " i nThe New York Times Maqazine: The Sophis l ica ledTrave le r , Pa r t 2 , 15 March 1987 , pp . 25 , 87 -88 ,92 -94 .

x L ione] Esther in ' rThe Plot to Save theAr t i s t s " (T imes L i t e ra l y Suop le .nen t , 2 Ja rua ry1987 ) renn r f c nn a n lan o rooosed to t he B r i t i shSc r - re te rv n f S fa te f o r r , r l a r i n Feb rua rv 1940 tokeeD lhe "o i ck o f t he c rea l i ve a r t i s t s unde rf n r f r r r r f r n m t h p m n r e r J : n n e r n i r q f n r m q e , f m i I i i r r r r, v ! s J

serv i .ce so that lhe i l jor ld h. iar I "destruct ion oft he fLower o f a Eu ropean gene ra t i on r twou ld no tbe reoeated. These ar t is ts b lere not 'uo beexcused f rom serv ice, but lo be employed in thesafer lorms of mi l i tary duty. A f ina l l - is l o fs i v i - r r - n n e , n r r i f e r c r - + i c f c ^ n n m ' , c i , 'a rL . l - sLS , anc mus fc fans wasdrawn up but never used s i .ce the proposal wasre jec ted . Es the r s ta tes t ha t t he "p1o t wou lo

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have fa i led even i f i t had succeeded. One hasonly to th ink at random of the wr i ters, then ofmi l i tary dg€r who made most impact af ter thewar , t o f i nd t ha t none v r ras on the l i s t s :r / : ^ ^ ^ l ^ . , n - ; ^ T ^ h n o F ^ ; ^ ^ n . , - j 1 n ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 1 , ,A A r r 9 > L c y H r i l I 5 , . _ / u r . , , , - t - - - - u r i r | U I . L ! 7I i r ^ r r o n . o F l r r r r e l I C r r r i n F , ^ , . r | P n r r F U l ] e f ,' v v ' 4 i | \ v f

t , l l i l l iam Gold ing, Henry Green, phi l ip Lark in,Anthony Powell , Alan Ross, Angus lrl l i f son. "

* "Sauce o f t he N i l e , " a m in i -gu ide to Egyp t byF l n r r n l r c l . { e n n c d r r i n f h o S r r n r i r r r T i m e c n f / , l r n ' , ^ r , ,U U U V I O J J U I I U O Y I T I i I C J J I q J O I I U O I Y

L987 , pp . 2O-3Q, con ta ins two men t i ons o fD u r r e l L u n d e r t h e s e c t i o n o n A L e x a n d r i a .R p f p r r i n n f n f h p n p n l p r n f f h e n i f r r a n d t h ev r L J

Ceci l HoteI , Kennedy vvr i tes: "This is LawrenceDurre lL country, but the CeciL is now the sor lof p lace that Junior Chambers of Commercei useio r mee t i ngs . "

+ l l n r { e r t i h a n t e r I r r M n r l o r n . i c m . n d P O S | -z ,

modernisml the Exper imentaL Novel s ince 1930,"of Randal l Stevenson's The Br i l ish Novel j :neethe Ih i r t i es : An l n t roduc t i on (A the , r s , Geo :g ia :The Un ive rs i t y o f Gec rg ia P ress , f 985 ) i s asect ion t i l led r rThe Game of Mir iors: La,n l rent leDur re l l - and John Fow les " (pp .2V-2A9) . The reare some eight other references lo Durre l l inth i s book .

* R r i t i q h I i t e r " a r r r M a n : z i n e c . T h e M n r i e r n A o e- ^L9I4-1984, edi. ted by AIvin Sul l ivan (New York:C r . e e n u r n n d F r p c s ' l g F A ) h : c q p \ / p r ! l T ^ F ^ r ^ ^ ^ ^ -u r u e l l v r u u u , ! - r r , L , - - t , - t r l c l t r l r u u >

to Durre l l . Society members Terence L. Gr imesw r n t e i h e o q c F v ^ n F a n r r i r v . T e n ( . t ' / : . N i V e n t h ep < Q 2 \ / q n n F n a c r i n i - F r P e n n , r i n N e . n r l n i r j r j n - - - - l

Seven.

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i .s a very br ie f menl ion of Durre l l inM i l l e r ' s D i v i ne Comedy" by Be r t randin Temenos (London ) No . 7 (1986 ) , pp .

* Tony l da l ke r , i n "Sewaqe P rob lems Ta in tAl -exandr ia 's Faded Charms" ( in a 1986 London Flnewsnaner ) . ouo tes Du r re I I t h ree t imes wh i l eexpla in ing that in the summer of 1985 A}exandr iau r e q " a f f l i n f e - l h ' r a r e X C e S S O f I a l , 1 i S e l r i A n e " a n d! q v v J e { r g Y v

t h p n i f v r c I t n d i f e r n r r c r p n r ' f ^ t i n n r r k a n i ^ r ^ r a \ / m n r p

than hal f i ls usua.L number of v is i tors; th i .sv p e r s r r n n o s c d l v f h p n r n n l e m i l ^ q s n l v g l S i - t c el l T 2 h r q p r ^ r ^ a p h r r l c f n n n p d f I n r ^ ' i n n i n f n i i - r ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ !r q r v J L v Y q : u ' ' q u J L v p P c r I f u v v f , r r g f ' L U u , ' g ) E d O l I U

r r r r c h e i n n n r r m n o e l i n 1 ' n I e l z e M e r r r n r r i I t

* D u r r e L l ' s r e c e i p t o f o n e o f t h e t h r e eCholmondeley awards for poetry on l0 June 1986

( s e e H e r a l d 7 ) i s n o t e d i n t w o a r t i c l e s :t r ( n n i o l - r r n f A r r f h n r < r l i t o r r r r r A r ^ r a r d c r r ( i n T h e

Booksel ler , 14 June 1986) and "Awalds and Pr izesi n I 986 r ' hv . ' l a r ^n r r e l i n c ( hn rev ( i n 1 -he F inanC ia l| | v J l , v a 9 J

T imes , 27 December f 986 ) .

* Two successive issues of Ventana: Barr icadacul tura l ( t ' , tanagua , Nicaragua ) conta in ar t j c lesabout Durre l I . " 'Quebr6 la cor leza y 1a lavaes taba r11 i t r t by G ioconda Be l l i (No . 257 [ :OAugusl L9861, p. 3) inc ludes the t ranslat j "oni n i n S n : n i q l i 1 1 7 f l p ' l I i ^€ r F r ^ a m a a l n f f ' ' l e e- - I I f U l q I I q g l l l g r r L U t U I g q ,

T n m m e n f c h v l - J r , r r e l I n n f h e n r . . F q q n f , r r l i i i n nH t v v e J J v : r r r f e f ' , v

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remarks about The Alexandr ia Quar let , and abr ief b iographical sketch of Durre l l .

" L o s C u a r t e t o s d e A l e . j a n d r l a : L a w r e n c eDur re l I " (No . 258 [5 Sep tember 1985 ] , p . IO ) i sa t r ans la t i on i n to Span i sh o f C6c i l e | r Ja j sb ro t ' si n te rv iew w i th Du r reLL - - "Lawrence Dur reL l - : 'Enf ran r^a i s . i p nF neux 6c r i r e n le des l e t t r esH v v , . Y v v

d ' amou t r " - - t ha t was pub l i shed i n Les Nouve l , l esL i t t 6 ra i res , Ap r i L L986 ( see Hera ld 7 ) . Th i sq - . * ' . 6 * i n n o r j m i n r f c <

" . - o - l ] o l l . - d ^ f ^ ^ ^ ^ ^v p q , , 4 J ' ' u f r , l l l l l d L C ) ) U l l l E C f g V C l ' 5 E l l L g l l L U 5

found in the or ig inal .

* Bernard Sfone reDorts in h is col -urnn "Stone'sTh row" i n S l i qh t l y So i I eo (Ano the r Bo r -nq Boo<B i - r " t on th l v Raq - -ABEEMR) , uo . ? (Augus i ) - 995 ) , r .24, that he and Durre l l a t tended the PassoverS e r v i c e a t t h e 0 c t o b e r C a i I e r y . " I t w a snp r fn rmed w i f h a l I t he o lo r : t uaL ano Snnnc hv .h a n n i i n r n r r n n f r r n r r n c i c r : t r 1 i < ^ . n n ^ r c r. . - f - t r - - v : o a s s : n gf h r - r I n r , I nndnn . ' r S t Jne r?comrnenOs v : s i t i no r l e0 c t o b e r G a l l e r y : r r v o u c a n g e t t h e o e s : ( a - ocheapes t ) home-cooked l unch i n t cwn . Tneyn r n a n - i z e F n e i - r i r R e : i i n r s A r t l v n i h i - i n e <

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Concer ts and Dance events. An Al ternat i -ve Ar tsf e r f r o . i t i s l n r a f g l a t 2 4 O l d G f o u c e c f p r s f .

London ! , 1 .C . l ( 0 f - 242 -7J67 ) . "

* In an ar t ic le about f ic t ional y ' iorks thal"suf fe l f rom too much personal i tyr ' ( "Habi . ts ofF x c p c c : P h i l n c n n h v a r d P e r s n n a l i t v . " T h e N e ' J !Yo rk T imes Book Rev iew , 2 l r Augus t 1985 , p . I I ) ,A*t01" Btoy" td t " fers once to Durre} l ; " In thenovel-s of Marguer i te Duras and Lawrence Durre l . l - ,pe rsona l i l y i s a f a l - I en sou f f l 6 . t '

* T h e L - 7 A u g u s t f 9 8 5 L e N o u v e l0 b s e r v a t e u r , / L i v r e s ( p p . 5 0 - 5 I ) c o n t a l n s a nin te rv iew o i Du r re l l by Pasca le Deschando l ,"La! ! rence est- i I magnj . f ique?, " that j .s verys im i l a r t o t he Du r re l l -Deshando l - i n te rv iew ,t 'Lawrence Durre l l : 'Je suis use comme un rubande machine d 6cr i re" ' in the 2 June 1986 LeF i g a r o L i t t 6 r a i r e ( s e e H e r a l d 7 ) .

J * T n r r C r e e k H n c n i f e l ' i f v r r ( l n n d n n P n r f r a i t ' ' i l r ' l v

1986, pp. 2O7-2O8) Fenel la Rowse c i tes Durre l l 'ss ta temen t t ha t hoso i t a l i t v i n Greece i s an i r on1aw.

x Without ment ioning that Andr6 Br ink used an . . - - ^1 r - , , ^ r ^ r : ^ ^ - s f . he en in renh tn h i s nove lU U l r g I I g U U L O L f U I I O J ! ' , u u u r 9 a q p , ' u u I

T h e A m h a q q a d n r f c e e H e r e l d 7 ) C e n r n e S f : c i e

""rp"t.. Brtr* to Durrell in one li.ne of his

rev iew of Br ink 's book in the New York TimesBook Review (29 June 1985, p. 2 l : "A Pipsqueak's0 b s e s s i o n " ) . S t a d e s t a t e s : " [ B r i n k ] a l s o' i r rnnl es h i s mr r ' l t i n l e nersnect i ves wi th Lar ,vrenceD u r r e l l ' s d e x t e r i t v . b u t w i t h o u t h i sn r o l ' o n c i n n c l l

* Rnn Ht r r rnn hen iq5 h is rev iew o f Conr^pnfs n fUrban Des iqn by Dav id Gos l ing and Bar ry t '4a i t land( " l l n n r - p n t s n f t t r b a n D e s i o n . t r A r c h i t e c t u r a lf l e c i n n . M a v I 9 F 6 . n . 6 ) w j i h a n r r n f a f . i g q f 1 6 g 1= : : : : ] ] ' ' , 9 J ' / v v I P .

+ a ^ + L i - ! ^ ^ - - - , ^ ^ ^ o f B a l t h a z a r .L r r g L r r f r u P d ! o 9 r q p r

* Two ar t ic les about col lect ing f i rs t edi t ionsmen t i on Du r reL l : Sa rah Jane CheckLand ( "A .UI i f e r e r v H r n e l c n n l - l e e l z r r T h e T i m c c z M r r i I Q A A )! .1--:___-__j__l::, ' ' el L'vvl

re fe rs to T i -e Av ionon Quar le t - [ s ic ] , ano Godf rey>{Tlt ln ("uasn .Ln on uIq uacKeLS," )9!!B-y__Il I99, 4l r a v 1 9 8 6 ) . t n T h e A l e x a n d r i a Q u a r t e t .r "' _::_::___

x Mnss f " t r r r rav cnnc l .udes an ar t i c le abo l r r l l vn r r rsf l l l ' r r n r r r q . A n T c l p n f S m i l o < I t T h o l l n i r r p r q c t q

Apr i l 1986) wi th the advice that ar-yone p lanningto v is i t the is land should read Durre l l 's Bi l terLemonS.

* Q e r r i p r ^ r i n n r r H r , r ^ , h l h p l d n n . R v ! . l i c F r i e n d c I t aa J

e r r ' l n n r r n n t h e r i e n e a c e r l h l h e l e i e n n n O m n i h r r c ^vvrvYf ' ' " ' , : - ] ] : -- : : : : ' .

BBC-TV program, Mary Kenny ( in ' rThe Quest ionM a s i c r t . ' r l l a i l v M a i l . | 2 A n r i l 1 9 8 6 ) i n c l u d e s a_i::_:::'r --

q u e s t i o n l r ' J h e l d o n u s e d w h j . 1 e i n t e r v i e w i n gDurre l l - : " f ' lhy d i .d he [Durre]1] ! , r r i te seamybooks?"

* In another rev ieui of lhe BBC-TV program aboutHuw l , r jheLdon c i ted above. Antonv Thorncrof t( " S n a n o n a P h i ' l o s o o h i c a l f e v e l . " F i n a n c i a lI t m F q I A a n r l I I g x A I T p n n r r q r n r r n r t T t n f , n t qji:l-:: t

i n t e r v i ew w i th t r Jhe ldcn , Du r re l l "was j us t i f i ab l ymi f fed: wi lh typ ical Moni tor ar t j -ness he r rvash e i n a i n i o r v i e " r e d a t t h e t o o o f M l m e se v H

a m p h i t h e a t r e a n d h e s u f f e r e d b a d l y f r o mver t i go . "

* A.S. Byat t compares Patr ick l , r lh i te lo DurreLlin h is rev ie ' / ' i o i ldh i te 's Memoirs of Manv in One:

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B y A l e x X e n o p h o n D e m i r i i a n G r a y ( " T h ef ' l i c r e n r r f a h ' l e f l t h e r H e l f r r T i m e c I i f e r : r r r-:=]j]:1_=-:-:-: --:-Supp lement , 4 Apr i l f985) .

* Tn r t l In thp MarkFf r r (The Rnnksc l I e r . 22 March\j..]..].-T

l a e < ) f h o F i o f i n n c r f c n n r r r h c n r ' n q . l l T L ^ - ^ ^ - ^L ) a a , l , L r r L t f u L r u r t u q L l g u r y J U g : r ' J . r l l C I g d ! C

some lead t i . t les in th is sect ion, the mostpopular being John I rv ing 's The Cider HouseRules fo l lowed by Lawrence DurreLl 's f ina lvofume in h is Avignon quintet , Quinx." (Thesea r e a n n o u n c e m e n t s o f t h e p a p e r b a c kpubl icat ions . )

* DurreLl 's def i .n i t ion o i is lomania is quctedon page 7 of lhe 15 March 1985 issue of GreatEscapes: Is lomania, Par t 2 of theSan Francisco Examiner magazine Imaqe.

* The 16 March 1986 Sundav Teleqraph states ( j .nl r M r r f f i n n t - l i c l i n F q r r ) . r t A m . n n f h n c e t '- 3 S rgn amani festn i n f . lack t ann's l favnr r r l fnr the 15M a r c h F r e n c h e L e c t i o n l a r e L a u r e n c e f s i c lh r ' r r p ] I A r f h r r r M i ' l ' l c r S : m r r e l R p n k e f ! ' a r -U U ! ! U I f t n - L r ' u r r ' f f r u I t r q l l l u u f U U U ^ - L L t 4 U U I I l

Mehta and Tnomar Bereman. t l

* I n a rev iew o f C ra lg Coooe las ' The Me taL Mer .Marc R i ch and the $ I0 B i l L i on Scam, Joh r Hoope r( "Ki l lers and Barbar ians," I !e__t , . rg lgfgn, I4l" ' larch 1985 ) crit icizes Coppetas ' "pecu.l-iar andd j s n r r i p f i n n q f v t e n € , ^ , r i r . i n n i ^ . . . ^ . C h t f i t e

m e t a n h n r s i n s f l e f o r o a o e s D a c e w i t h a r c a n er - : -nn l v cv l I eh i n a r - l r ' p r - t L ^^ ^ ^ i c | ^ - ^ - ^? Du r re l lp u r t r y f r q u f u q u J U U L l v E 5 - - d 5 I r L d w I c | L a

were wr i t ing ior the Nat ional Enqui- ret . "

* Lawrence Dur re l l , G raham Greene , Samue lQ c a i z e f f l { p n n o t h a r r t r r ^ r + L - a r t n n f l ' . ^ ^ r r F r r r n e q qU L I A L - L t t \ u r r r r U e r I u o I U I d I L l I t d l l U F l l L l ' U l l , v

, ^ , o r o . r n n - f h e c o ' ^ r F 1 6 S j n n e C a n a O O e a ' l t O V O t e

soc ia l is t in the 15 March 1985 French generalo ' l p ^ f i n n . a r ^ r - n r d . i n . t O M i C h a e l F i e l d j r " t j n i L vi

t s v v v - v r i Y

t ^ e l I l r r A . i n h f i q - q t r f n - i 1 , , T ^ 1 o c F p h r r . : r r r\ u d l t v , c t c u l d u t r . / ) t L U ! J o - v

i 9B5 ) . Du r re .L l " was quo ted : " ' To teL l l he t r u thT e m n n m n ' l c l e l \ / n n ^ r a l i I i - ^ l ^ ^ . 1 h -. , Jn -po l r L r ca -L a |u r l d ve ^eve r

r r n t e r l i n m r r ' l

i f o R r r f T s i n n c | i h i q r n n d a i i -V U L C U l l l l l l _ Y r f r L . r u L r J - q r d U l g O I L U

pay homage to France as a land wnich g ives aurrarm wel-come to fore iqn ar l is ts . " '

* Sarah Broadhurst , in "Paperback Previeh/" (TheB_gpkS€l l€g, 4 January I9B5), concludes hers r r n n e s t j o n s f o r S U m m p r r o a d i n n n r i t h ! g 1 1 g f l t g

Qu inx .

* r r l - . l n l i d : v t A A r r ( i n l h e 3 ' i r n r r : T v l g A K R r i d n n r iY:_i:-E:i_:N e r r v s [ f n g 1 a n d 1 ) a s s u r e s u s t h a t " C o r f u ,immorta l " ised by Lawrence Durre l l j .n books aboulh is boyhood haven, has not been ent i re ly spoi ledh r r i t c n n n r r l r r j f r r r n ' i f h h n l i d : r r - m e l u e r q r r

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* One of the two references to Durre l l inDiuna: The Formidable Miss Barnes by AndrewFie ld (Aust in : Univers i ty of Texas Press, L985[c. I98]J) is : "One of the several wr i ters whomshe [Barnes] accused o i thef t was LawrenceDurre lL, who had used a f leet ing Barnes scene inh i s f i c t i on , c l ea r l y by way o f a bow in he rd i rect ion. In a t r ibute to her publ ished on here igh t i e th b i r t hday i n 1972 , Du r re l l w ro te : - -0 rej s n l a n f n h c I i v i n n i n l h e c a m p p 6 6 a 6 n a h i , r n ar , , r q ) U J U t r O

Ba rnes . I '

x Candace Fer t i le contr ibuted the fo l lowingnote aboul Durre l l cr i t ic ism: " In The Poetrv oft he Fo r t i es i n B r i t a i n by A .T . ToJ_ ley (0 t t awa :Car le ton Un ive rs i t y P ress , 1985 ) , t he re ' s qu i t ea b i t on Du r re l l . To l l ey d i scusses seve ra ln n e m s a n . i S : n n h n . H c r q f a i . l v n n s i t i _ v e a b O u t. '

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Du r re l l ' s wo rk : 'Du r re l l - , more than mos t poe tsof h is generat ion, shows a c lear idea of theher i tage of mcdernism and o l the re lat ion of h isown work to i t . His best poetry is among lhef inest of the per icd and is an achievemenl thatie iLecls a susta ined contemplat ion of tne id iomo f h i s day . " '

* I n he r au tob iog raphy , A11 Those Tomorrows( N e w Y o r x : G r c v e P r e s s , L 9 g 5 ) ,ment ions Durre l l three t imes.

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* Du r re l l i s oun ted tw i ce and re fe r reo t c oncein "Cal- i forn ia: The New Al-exandr ia" by DavidRei r i f \ . i rn i f \ / t r : ' i - Ne r . ,emncr I aAq nn AA-17

r 2 2 - L 2 4 ) .

+ Tn r r l r t r xn6 r ' i on "e i n t ime de Dav ia Gaq .nvne r le u J e v , I r u

( l ' tasques 2 l Futumn I9841 , pp. I29- t lO) , MichelCarassou states that Durre l l consicers Gascoyneone o f t he mos t au then t i c me taphys i ca l poe ts o fh i s p n n r h - f n l l n r n r i n n l h i q , a - f i n l p i c : c i y - n ^ f l F

i n t e r r r i o r ^ , n i - l : . c . . \ / n 6 h ' , O r r a e ^ a .f r r L e : Y f L J ! U r u o J U U y r l C ! y U d I O 5 ) U U .

* 0n remainder taoles recent ly I found twobooks wi th br ie f references to Durre l ] . In TheSurv i va l o i t he Nove l : B r i t i sh F i c t i on i n t heLa te r Twen t i e tn Cen tu i v ( To towa , \ e r r r Je rsey :Ba rnes & N lob Ie Bcoks , I 98 I ) , Ne i i vcEwan re fe rsto t he same quo ta t i on f r om C lea ( f l om Chap te r 3 ,Pu rsewarden rem ind ing ' rB ro the r Ass " o f howLonoon useo l o appea r t o young wr i t e r s ) f i vet imes , us inE i t as a sp r i ngboa rC fo r h j . s ownI j f . e r a r v t h e n l i e s . P a r r ' l f ' . P a v . i n T h e| \ g J '

Surreal is t Movement j .n Enqland ( I thaca: CorneLlI l n t \ / 6 r q r 1 - \ / P T 6 q q I q 7 I ) c t : f p c t n : t t r l L l I ' 3 g l f r 5

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owes a good deal to surreal ism" (296-297) and

mainta ins that Durre l l uses "quasi -surreal is timenp ls l f t i n The B lack Book (305 -3O j ) .

x V i c to r H . Fe rndndez wro le ! rThe Cub is tPr i nni n ' l c i n | . r^r r t rnge DUrre l l rS The Alexandr iaQuarte l and Mar io Vargas L l ,osars I lE t igqnHouse,r r a thesis for the Master of Ar ls in1 ^ n m n e r a f i v p I i i c - : f . r r r e a t P e n n s v l v a n i a S t a t eUnivers i ty in December 1985. LDS member MichaelBegnal was h is lhesis adviser .

x "Durre l , l ts Alexandr ia Quartet and [ ,1eaning:Some East-h lest Perspect ives" is LDS member DavidM. l , {oods ' thesis for the Master o i Ar ts int r n f l l i s h a f t r ^ c t f - a r - l i n ^ l l n i \ / t r T c . t ' r i n l ! $ ! .

+ In December f986 Jay Kugelman presented aread ino o f The A lexano r i a Quar te t on Los Ance lesRadio KPFK. Did any of you happen to hear i t?Apparent ly th is broadcast occurred on the tenlhanniversary of a prev ious reaoing cf the Quartetover the same ai r r / laves. KugeJ.man inf ormed theradio audience about the Durre l l Society andgave Gieg Dickson's name and address.

* hJord is out that the BBC wi l l soon be f i lmingGerald Durre l l - 's Mv Fami l "v and Other Anrmalswi th l " lagEie Smlr"h i r i the ro ie o i ' Louisa Durre i l .And who wi l l the other actors be?

Thanks to t he f o l l ow i r ' g f o r con t r i bu r . i ngma te r i a l f o r t h i s i ssue o f t he He ra ld : Co r i nneA L e x a n d r e - G a r - e : , P e t e r B a l d w i ' r , t - e i r zR n e n i z m a n n F e l - e r l h r - l c r o n q c n l - : n n r e o i o r i i l o

r . r r 1 I - ' - - t r i c H r t r , V i e n r o l A a a n f i r n r ,' r l l I I i a m U O O S n a I K , . - - y , - - - . ' e K o g e f ,Frances von MaLt i tz , f "1ary MoIJ.o, James Nicnols,A n n i e - t n r r l I r l t n n . C a r n l P o i r r c . R a , i l V i c t o r, , \ e v

p o t i o z e o r n : r r l < t o n e , A l a n G . T h C m a S , a a dFiddle Vi racola. Your helo is much aDoreciated.