{"product_id":"2026100010275-secondhand-spirit-of-place-letters-essays-on-travel","title":"Spirit Of Place: Letters \u0026 Essays On Travel","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: repr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew writers have surrendered themselves to place with the same intoxicating abandon as Lawrence Durrell, and Spirit of Place: Letters \u0026amp; Essays on Travel stands as a testament to that lifelong devotion. This richly assembled collection gathers Durrell's personal correspondence and reflective essays spanning decades of restless wandering — from the sun-scorched islands of Greece and the labyrinthine streets of Alexandria to the verdant landscapes of Cyprus and Provence — painting an intimate portrait of a writer for whom geography was destiny, and landscape was the very pulse of creativity.\n\nEdited by Alan G. Thomas, this volume illuminates Durrell's singular literary sensibility: lyrical yet precise, deeply personal yet universally resonant. His prose argues passionately that a writer's genius is inseparable from the soil beneath their feet, a philosophy he termed the spirit of place — a quasi-mystical bond between human consciousness and geographical environment. Readers familiar with the Alexandria Quartet will recognise the same fevered poetic intelligence at work here, while those newly acquainted with Durrell will find themselves irresistibly drawn into a world where travel is not mere movement, but a profound act of self-discovery. What does it mean to truly belong to a place? Durrell's answer is as elusive and captivating as the Mediterranean itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50813036396763,"sku":"2026100010275-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/45c7b79c-826e-44b7-b964-0568dfbf2ce8.png?v=1792372057","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100010275-secondhand-spirit-of-place-letters-essays-on-travel","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}