Spirit of Place: Letters and Essays on Travel

The definitive collection of travel writings by the New York Times–bestselling author and one of the twentieth century's best-loved journeyers.

From the moment of his birth, Lawrence Durrell was far from home. A British child in India, he was sent to England to receive an education, and by his early twenties had already tired of his native land. With family in tow, he departed for Greece and spent the rest of his life wandering the world. He traveled not to sightsee but to live, and made hom...