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...Tree of Idleness. After a hilarious session of Near Eastern haggling, Author Durrell took over "an iron key the size of a man's forearm" to a house in the sleepy, whitewashed mountain village of Bellapaix. Under "the Tree of Idleness" in the village square, the town greybeards sipped Turkish coffee and played a sempiternal game of cards. To Durrell's knowledge no one ever died, and the town gravedigger had to eke out a living digging cesspits. Each day toward twilight, a dozen cattle burst across the main street at racehorse pace, urged on by a bearded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sunset in Cyprus | 3/24/1958 | See Source »

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