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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:book
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gptkbp:adaptations
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none known
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Lawrence_Durrell
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gptkbp:contains
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gptkb:letters
personal reflections
historical references
cultural observations
philosophical musings
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gptkbp:cover_artist
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gptkb:John_Craxton
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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well-received
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gptkbp:first_edition
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1957 edition
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gptkbp:focus
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personal experiences
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:travel_literature
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Letter from Egypt
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:literary_criticism
cultural studies
post-colonial literature
subsequent travel writers
travel journalism
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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Arabic literature
Greek literature
European literature
Egyptian culture
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gptkbp:influences
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modernist literature
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gptkbp:isbn
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978-0571200663
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:narrative_style
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epistolary
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gptkbp:notable_characters
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gptkb:Lawrence_Durrell
gptkb:Egyptians
tourists
local guides
expats
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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" The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."
" To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries."
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gptkbp:notable_themes
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gptkb:displacement
gptkb:colonialism
gptkb:exile
gptkb:identity
gptkb:memory
gptkb:spirituality
nature
nostalgia
belonging
cultural exploration
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gptkbp:page_count
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256
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gptkbp:published_by
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gptkb:Faber_and_Faber
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gptkbp:published_in
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gptkb:1957
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:related_to
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gptkb:The_Alexandria_Quartet
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Egypt
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gptkbp:style
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lyrical
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gptkbp:viewpoint
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first-person
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Morten_Harket
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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