Alexandria: A History and a Guide
- ISBN-10
- 019504066X
- ISBN-13
- 9780195040661
- Series
- Alexandria
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Edward Morgan Forster
Description
Alexandria is a city which has haunted and inspired its visitors for over 2,000 years. Here, two of its best-known celebrants provide a view of Alexandria's present through the window of its past. Written during World War I, and later revised, this is Forster's tribute to Alexandria--a
combined history of the city and a practicaql guide for the visitor. This annotated edition contains not only the first translation of Constantine Cavafy's famous poem The God Abandons Antony but also a specially commissioned introduction by Lawrence Durrell, who recounts his recent return to the
city that served as a backdrop for the Alexandria Quartet.
