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Book Review;Nancy and LawrenceDurrell;Days of heaven 书评;南希和劳伦斯德雷尔;天堂里的日子; Amateurs in Eden: The Story of a BohemianMarriage, Nancy and Lawrence Durrell. By JoannaHodgkin. 《Amateurs in Eden》：一场波西米亚姻缘的故事，关于南希和劳伦斯德雷尔。Joanna Hodgkin著。 Given Greece s economic woes and role as yetanother Mediterranean holiday destination, it ishard to appreciate the freedom, sunlight andsense of space that it provided 50 or more years ago. Intrepid travellers would come toexplore ruins and ancient villages in solitary peace, and sleep under the stars on emptysandy beaches. The islands were especially enticing, and no books contributed more totheir image as a paradise than those by the Durrell brothers,Lawrence and Gerald. Prospero s Cell , Lawrence s diary of life on Corfu, and My Family and OtherAnimals , Gerald s account of his experiences as a child there, are brilliant,contrasting views of life on this Greek island in the 1930s, and remain popular to this day. 如今，希腊只是个平凡的地中海休假景点，经济也正处于萧条时期，让人很难重温这里50余年前自由的空气、美好的阳光和海阔天空的舒畅感觉。当时，胆大的旅行者喜欢探索遗迹，寻找宁静的古代小镇，也喜欢在静谧的海滩上安然入眠，霑沐一身星辉。希腊诸岛格外诱人，素有人间天堂的美誉，德雷尔兄弟的著作对此贡献最大。劳伦斯1945年出版的日记集《Prospero s Cell》讲述了他在科孚岛上的生活，杰拉德1956年的《My Family and OtherAnimals》，则描述了自己20世纪30年代在那里度过的童年时光;该书才华横溢，与劳伦斯的书相映成趣，时至今日依然畅销。 | 
