Michael Haag认识劳伦斯·杜雷尔(并认识了Gerry和Margo),目前正在为耶鲁大学出版社撰写劳伦斯·德雷尔的传记,该出版社还出版了他的《亚历山大:记忆之城》(Alexandria:City of Memory),这是对该市卡瓦菲、福斯特和劳伦斯·达雷尔的权威研究。哈格还著有十几本书,包括《寻找抹大拉的玛丽亚》。
'This real life story of the Durrell family is fascinating - Haag brilliantly traces their footsteps in pre-war Corfu, England and India' -Simon Nye, Writer, TV's The Durrells
'Family stories are worth telling, and this one is fascinatingly put together by Michael Haag. For few families present such an entertaining patchwork tale as the Durrells.' -Daily Mail
'Haag vividly evokes the time and the place with sumptuous descriptions ... [he] has written a love letter to an extraordinary family. As families and other animals go, the Durrells are a breed of their own.' - Daily Express
'Haag adds sadness and depth to a story that is superficially golden and charming, and which never stops being so. There is so much lustre here that nothing can tarnish it; the complications and grievances only make you admire the Durrells more. What a family, and what lives well lived' - Sunday Times
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