Friday, July 14, 2006

Excerpt

...Then to escape from the eyes of the world into some quiet corner
where I can possess myself. There are whole parts of my character
I do not understand. I need time.



Balthazar,
Lawrence Durell

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Nothing better than a list to make you feel inadequate

QUAINT FRAGMENT, 1931
TEN POEMS, 1932
BALLADE OF SLOW DECAY, 1932
BROMO BOMBASTES, 1933
TRANSITION, 1934
MASS FOR THE OLD YEAR, 1935
PIED PIPER OF LOVERS, 1935
PANIC SPRING, 1937 (as Charles Norden)
THE BLACK BOOK, 1938 - Musta kirja (Read)
POEMS, 1938
A PRIVATE COUNTRY, 1943
PROSPERO'S CELL, 1945
CITIES, PLAINS AND PEOPLE, 1946
ZERO, AND ASYLUM IN THE SNOW, 1946
THE PARTHENON, 1946
CEFFALÚ, 1947 - Pimeä sokkelo
ON SEEMING TO PRESUME, 1948
A LANDMARK GONE, 1949
DEUS LOCI, 1950
SAPPHO, 1950
KEY TO MODERN POETRY, 1952
THE TREE OF IDLENESS, 1953
REFLECTIONS ON A MARINE VENUS, 1953
THE TREE OF IDLENESS, 1955
PRIVATE DRAFTS, 1955
SELECTED POEMS, 1956
ESPRIT DE CORPS, 1957
BITTER LEMONS, 1957 - Katkerat sitruunat (suom. T.A. Engström) * (Read)
WHITE EAGLES OVER SERBIA, 1957 - Serbian valkoiset kotkat
Alexandria Quartet: JUSTINE, 1957 (suom). (Read) BALTHAZAR, 1958 (suom.) MOUNTOLIVE, 1959 (suom.) CLEA, 1960 - (suom. T.A. Engström)
STIFF UPPER LIP, 1958
ed.: THE HENRY MILLER READER, 1959
ed.: THE BEST OF HENRY MILLER, 1960
GRODDECK, 1960
COLLECTED POEMS, 1960
ACTÉ OR THE PRISONER OF TIME, 1961
THE POETRY OF LAWRENCE DURRELL, 1962
L.D. AND H. MILLER,1963 (a private correspondence with Henry Miller)
AN IRISH FAUSTUS, 1963
A PERSIAN LADY, 1963
SELECTED POEMS, 1964
ACTE, 1965
THE ICONS, 1966
SAUVE QUI PEUT, 1966
TUNC, 1968
NUMQUAM, 1970
FAUSTUS, 1970
THE RED LIMBO LINGO, 1971
ON THE SUCHNESS OF THE OLD BOY, 1972
VEGA, 1973
THE PLAIN-MAGIC MAN, 1973
LIFELINES, 1974
COLLECTED POEMS, 1974
THE BEST OF ANTROBUS, 1975
MONSIEUR, 1975 - suom.
BLUE THIRST, 1975
SICILIAN CAROUSEL, 1977*
LIVIA, 1978 - suom.
THE GREEK ISLANDS, 1978
COLLECTED POEMS 1931-74, 1980
A SMILE IN THE MINDS EYE, 1980
LITERARY LIFELINES, 1981
CONSTANCE; OR, SOLITARY PRACTICES, 1982
SEBASTIAN, 1983
QUINX, 1983
ANTROBUS COMPLETE, 1985
THE DURRELL-MILLER LETTERS 1935-1980, 1988
LETTERS TO JEAN FANCHETTE 1958-63, 1988
CAESAR'S VAST GHOST, 1990
HENRI MICHAUX, 1990

*I think I am getting addicted to travel literature. Reading Durrell has done that to me. His attention to detail is as intense as mine.I am in the midst of Sicilian Carousel and will now bludgeon "A" with all types of questions about his birthplace. It is on our listof places to be.