What I Saw

04 Jul 2022

Lawrence Durrell loved Kyrenia, where he spent most of his time. In Bitter lemons he writes:

Lawrence Durrell loved Kyrenia, where he spent most of his time. In Bitter lemons he writes:

As we ascended, Kyrenia came into view again and the whole fretted coast like lacework. I had begun to feel guilty of an act of fearful temerity in trying to settle in so fantastic a place. Could one ever do any work with such scenery to wonder at? (And this fantastic mixture of the Gothic north and the gentle alluring Levantine plains spreading out from the Kyrenia range soft as a lion’s paw…

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