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Durrellian, a.|dʌˈrɛlɪən|
[See -ian.]
Of or pertaining to the English writer Lawrence Durrell (born 1912), or his style. Also Durreˈllesque a.
1961New Statesman 21 July 92/3 In the background there is that damned baroque sea, going through its daily transformations in a spray of Durrellian metaphors. 1961Spectator 22 Dec. 922 The Durrellesque fantasy of a Coptic-Zionist alliance. 1966Economist 17 Sept. 1152/3 One or two of the portraits, notably that of the old Imam Ahmad of the Yemen, are almost Durrell-ian gems. 1970Guardian 26 Mar. 11/6 The usual Durrellian whirligig of allusions and illusions, quotes and echoes. |