The Dark Labyrinth
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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Beneath the sun-scorched island of Crete lies a labyrinth said to be the prison of the Minotaur — and for a group of British tourists in Lawrence Durrell's The Dark Labyrinth, descending into its depths becomes a journey from which not all will return. When a cave expedition goes catastrophically wrong and a rockfall seals the entrance, each survivor must confront the mythic darkness alone, their fates diverging in ways as strange and varied as their personalities. Set against the timeless, almost mystical landscape of post-war Greece, the novel chronicles the psychological unravelling and unexpected transformation of ordinary people thrust into an extraordinary, inescapable situation. Durrell, best known for The Alexandria Quartet, brings to this earlier work the same luminous prose and acute psychological insight that define his finest writing, weaving the ancient myth of the Minotaur into a thoroughly modern meditation on identity, fate, and spiritual rebirth. The labyrinth functions not merely as a physical space but as a symbol of the unconscious mind — a place where illusions are stripped away and truth, however terrifying, must ultimately be faced. Rich in classical allusion and atmospheric intensity, The Dark Labyrinth stands as a compelling and often overlooked gem that leaves the reader wondering: what, truly, waits at the centre of the maze?
Author: Lawrence Durrell
Format: Paperback
Published: 1972, Faber and Faber
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Beneath the sun-scorched island of Crete lies a labyrinth said to be the prison of the Minotaur — and for a group of British tourists in Lawrence Durrell's The Dark Labyrinth, descending into its depths becomes a journey from which not all will return. When a cave expedition goes catastrophically wrong and a rockfall seals the entrance, each survivor must confront the mythic darkness alone, their fates diverging in ways as strange and varied as their personalities. Set against the timeless, almost mystical landscape of post-war Greece, the novel chronicles the psychological unravelling and unexpected transformation of ordinary people thrust into an extraordinary, inescapable situation. Durrell, best known for The Alexandria Quartet, brings to this earlier work the same luminous prose and acute psychological insight that define his finest writing, weaving the ancient myth of the Minotaur into a thoroughly modern meditation on identity, fate, and spiritual rebirth. The labyrinth functions not merely as a physical space but as a symbol of the unconscious mind — a place where illusions are stripped away and truth, however terrifying, must ultimately be faced. Rich in classical allusion and atmospheric intensity, The Dark Labyrinth stands as a compelling and often overlooked gem that leaves the reader wondering: what, truly, waits at the centre of the maze?