Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Lawrence Durrell

Mountolive

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Creativity Innovation Invention

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Author

Lawrence Durrell

Source

Mountolive

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

India Asia

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Citation

Durrell, Lawrence. Mountolive. Faber and Faber, 1958.

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