Cheer up, you have escaped

Cheer up, you have escaped

freedom, happiness, moments, sharing

Here Durrell describes the woman who became his second wife, who joined him in Rhodes after the war.  I was struck by the comment that a ‘sad childhood is poor preparation for unexpected happiness’, particularly as there were large parts of my childhood...
Life regained

Life regained

freedom, life

This comment on life regained is all the more poignant for the context – the protagonist survives a Nazi concentration camp only to then find himself living in another species of totalitarian state. But there is that astonishing moment when he realizes he has...

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